Queensferry railway station

Queensferry railway station was a railway station located in Queensferry, Flintshire, Wales on the south bank of the canalised section of the River Dee.

Queensferry
Station Road under the North Wales Coast Line
General information
LocationQueensferry, Flintshire
Wales
Coordinates53°12′30″N 3°01′21″W / 53.2082°N 3.0226°W / 53.2082; -3.0226
Grid referenceSJ317684
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyChester and Holyhead Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1848Opened[1]
14 February 1966Closed[1]

History

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Opened on 1 May 1848 as part of the Chester and Holyhead Railway (now the North Wales Coast Line),[1] it was one of the first stations on the line. Originally named Queen's Ferry, the station had two lines running through it but the stretch was quadrupled in the late 19th century. At its peak there were four platforms although two platforms were removed long before closure.

Goods services were halted 4 May 1964 and passenger services 14 February 1966.[2] In the 1980s the number of tracks running through the abandoned site were reduced back down to two. Although most of the station building have gone one platform and the ticket office remain in situ.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Station Name: Queensferry". Disused Stations. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 356. OCLC 931112387.

Further reading

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Shotton
Line and station open
  London and North Western Railway
North Wales Coast Line
  Sandycroft
Line open, station closed