Connah's Quay | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Connah's Quay, Flintshire |
Country: | Wales |
Coordinates: | 53.2214°N -3.061°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Chester and Holyhead Railway |
Pregroup: | London and North Western Railway |
Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Years: | 1 September 1870 |
Events: | Opened[1] |
Years1: | 14 February 1966 |
Events1: | Closed |
Connah's Quay railway station was a railway station located to the north of Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales on the south bank of the canalised section of the River Dee.
Opened on 1 September 1870 as part of the Chester and Holyhead Railway (now the North Wales Coast Line), the station had two platforms linked by a footbridge. The down platform contained the two storey station building where the ticket office and waiting rooms were located. The opposite platform had only a basic waiting shelter. From its opening day to 1904 it formed a terminus of the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway.[2]
One incident of note in the station's history occurred just before it closed down. On 29 August 1965 a diesel unit train caught fire, injuring nine passengers and the three crew members.[3] Goods services were halted on 1 November 1952 and the station was closed fully on 14 February 1966.[4]