Caergwrle railway station

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Caergwrle National Rail
Caergwrle
Location
Place Caergwrle
Local authority Flintshire
Operations
Station code CGW
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 25,148
2005/06 * 21,071
2006/07 * 20,065
2007/08 * 21,056
2008/09 * 19,796
2009/10 * 23,778
History
Original company Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
June 1872[1] Opened as 'Bridge End
November 1898[1] Renamed Caergwrle Castle
October 1905[2] Renamed Caergwrle Castle and Wells
6 May 1974[2] Renamed
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Caergwrle from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Caergwrle railway station serves the village of Caergwrle in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 7 km (4¾ miles) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line.

The station was renamed from Caergwrle Castle & Wells to Caergwrle on 6 May 1974.[3]

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[edit] Services

The station is served by hourly trains southbound to Wrexham and northbound to Bidston (for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Line).

On Sundays, there is generally a two-hourly service in each direction.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 43.
  2. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 51.
  3. ^ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine (London: IPC Transport Press Ltd) 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923. 

[edit] Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

[edit] External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Cefn-y-Bedd   Arriva Trains Wales
Borderlands Line
  Hope

Coordinates: 53°06′28″N 3°01′59″W / 53.10778°N 3.03306°W / 53.10778; -3.03306

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