Penyffordd railway station
Penyffordd | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Other names | Template:Lang-cy |
| Location | Flintshire |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | PNF |
| Key dates | |
| 1877[1] | Opened as Hope Junction[2] |
| 1877 | Renamed as Penyffordd for Hope[2] |
| 1 March 1913 | Renamed as Penyffordd for Leeswood[2] |
| 1974 | Renamed as Penyffordd |
Penyffordd railway station serves the village of Penyffordd in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 7¼ miles (12 km) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line.
The station was renamed from Penyffordd for Leeswood to Penyffordd on 6 May 1974.[3]
History
The station was opened in 1877[1] by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway, on their 1866 line from Wrexham to Buckley. It was linked via sidings to the LNWR line from Chester to Denbigh via Mold, which passed beneath the Borderlands route a short distance to the north.[4][5] The route closed to passengers in 1962, but the connection to it from the station was used for freight traffic towards Mold until 1983 to serve the Synthite factory there[6] (the sidings still remain, but are disused - the route onwards was lifted in 1985). The station's 24-lever signal box, which opened in 1885,[7] controlled these and a second siding link into the nearby Castle Cement factory - this latter connection is still occasionally used by trainloads of imported coal to supply the factory kilns. The current signal box was opened on 17 December 1972.[7][8]
On the eastern side of the station was an adjoining goods yard which closed on 4 May 1964, and reopened on 4 October 1971 for distributing coal.[7]
Services
The station is served by an hourly service southbound to Wrexham General and northbound to Bidston for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Lines. This drops to a two-hourly frequency in the evenings and on bank holidays.[9]
On Sundays there are six trains in each direction (roughly one every 2.5 hours).
Gallery
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Along platform 1 -
One of the waiting shelters -
The signal box -
The line towards Wrexham
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References
- ^ a b Connections Between the WM&CQR and LNWR at Hope www.disused-stations.org.uk; Retrieved 2013-08-05
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 31
- ^ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. 120 (879). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd: 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
- ^ The Borderlands Line - Route Guide www.penmorfa.com; Retrieved 2013-08-05
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XIII
- ^ Disused Stations - Mold www.disused-stations.org; Retrieved 2013-08-05
- ^ a b c Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 29
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 30
- ^ GB National Rail Timetable 2013, Table 101
Sources
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.
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External links
- Train times and station information for Penyffordd railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | Arriva Trains Wales Borderlands Line |
Buckley | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Hope | Great Central Railway Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway |
Hope Exchange | ||