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Hope railway station (Wales)

Coordinates: 53°07′01″N 3°02′13″W / 53.117°N 3.037°W / 53.117; -3.037
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See also: Hope (Derbyshire) railway station
Hope (Flintshire)
General information
Other namesWelsh: Yr Hob
LocationFlintshire
Managed byArriva Trains Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHPE
Key dates
1 May 1866 (1866-05-01)Opened as Caergwrle[1]
1 January 1899Renamed Hope Village[2][3]
6 May 1974Renamed Hope (Clwyd)[2][4]

Hope railway station serves the village of Hope in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 5¼ miles (8 km) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line. The name of the station in Welsh is Yr Hob.

History

The station was originally known as Caergwrle, with the name changing to Hope Village on 1 January 1899,[2] to differentiate it from Caergwrle and Hope Exchange stations, with the latter being just north of Penyffordd. The station had a 17-lever signal box at the northern end of the Wrexham-bound platform, with an adjacent third through line around the outside of the platform, and a goods yard with a cattle pen and one-ton crane.[2] The signal box was opened in 1885 and closed on 1 August 1965, and the goods yard closed on 4 May 1964.[5]

Facilities

Each of the two platforms has an electronic timetable, a waiting shelter and CCTV. There is a cycle rack and lock-up on platform 1. Entry to the station is by a ramp. Access to each platform is straightforward, with a pedestrian level crossing at the southern end of the platforms. However, neither platform has any seating.

Services

The basic off-peak service consists of one train per hour to Bidston (for connections to Birkenhead Park and Liverpool Lime Street via the Wirral Line), and one to Wrexham Central. In the evenings and on bank holidays, this drops to one every second hour. There are six trains in each direction on Sundays.[6]

  • An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 at the station
    An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 at the station
  • One of the waiting shelters, with Hope Mountain in the background
    One of the waiting shelters, with Hope Mountain in the background
  • The southern end of the station
    The southern end of the station
  • The station level crossing
    The station level crossing

References

  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 51.
  2. ^ a b c d Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XII.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 51, 123.
  4. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 123, 122.
  5. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 27.
  6. ^ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 101

Sources

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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