Saltney Ferry railway station

Saltney Ferry
Site of the now-demolished station, in 2006
Location
Place Saltney
Area Flintshire
Coordinates 53°10′48″N 2°56′47″W / 53.1799°N 2.9464°W / 53.1799; -2.9464Coordinates: 53°10′48″N 2°56′47″W / 53.1799°N 2.9464°W / 53.1799; -2.9464
Grid reference SJ367652
Operations
Original company London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 June 1891 Opened[1]
30 April 1962 Closed[1]
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Saltney Ferry railway station (sometimes known as Mold Junction)[2] was located on the western edge of the village of Saltney, Flintshire (now effectively a suburb of Chester).

History

Opened 1 June 1891 by the London and North Western Railway, it was served by what is now the North Wales Coast Line between Chester, Cheshire and Holyhead, Anglesey.[1] The station was the most eastern one on the line to be found in Wales, being just 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from the English border. The single island platform was reached by steps down from the road bridge.[3]

Although technically on the North Wales Line the station was, for all practical purposes, on the Chester to Denbigh branch line as trains from the station generally only used the smaller line. The station however would have been busy with railway workers as the Mold Junction Motive power depot and employee cottages was right next to it.[4] The station closed on 30 April 1962 and nothing of it remains, although the depot is still there. In March 2011 the Chester Chronicle announced there were plans to open a new station in the area,[5] however nothing as yet has materialised.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Station Name: Saltney Ferry". Disused Stations. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Article on Saltney at GENUKI
  3. ↑ Railways of North Wales website
  4. ↑ The Ghost on The Coast, NWCL travel blog
  5. ↑ Chester Chronicle article dated 24 March 2011

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Chester to Rhyl. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 19-28. ISBN 9781906008932. OCLC 795178960.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 23-25. ISBN 9781908174321. OCLC 814270878.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Sandycroft
Line open, station closed		   London and North Western Railway
Chester and Holyhead Railway		   Chester
Line and station open
Broughton and Bretton
Line and station closed		   London and North Western Railway
Mold Railway		   Chester
Line and station open


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