Flint railway station

Flint railway station (Welsh: Y Fflint) serves the town of Flint in Flintshire, North Wales. It located on the North Wales Coast Line and is managed by Transport for Wales, who provide most of the passenger trains that call here. There are certain Avanti West Coast services that serve the station.

Flint
Welsh: Y Fflint
The station building on platform 2
Location
PlaceFlint
Local authorityFlintshire
Coordinates53.250°N 3.133°W / 53.250; -3.133
Grid referenceSJ245731
Operations
Station codeFLN
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.266 million
2015/16 0.266 million
2016/17 0.261 million
2017/18 0.258 million
2018/19 0.273 million
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Flint from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

In July 2008, Flint station was voted "Best in UK".[1]

Facilities

The station is staffed through the day, with the ticket office (inside the main building on platform 2) manned from 06:15 to 21:15 on Mondays through Saturdays and 09:45 to 15:45 Sundays. A self-service ticket machine is provided for use outside these times and for collecting advance purchase tickets. A waiting room is provided on the eastbound side (platform 1), with digital information screens, timetable posters and help points on both platforms. A stepped footbridge connects the two platforms, but step-free access to both sides is provided via a public footpath passing beneath the railway.[2]

Services

Mondays to Saturdays, the station is served by two main routes, both of which run hourly:[3]

There are certain Avanti West Coast services between Holyhead/Bangor and London Euston. Also one weekday service between Birmingham New Street and Crewe-Bangor/Holyhead.

On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction from mid-morning - eastbound to Crewe and westbound to Holyhead, with two through trains to London & Manchester and one to Cardiff.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Shotton   Transport for Wales
North Wales Coast Line		   Prestatyn
Chester   Transport for Wales
Premier Service		   Rhyl
Chester   Avanti West Coast
Holyhead/Bangor–London Euston		   Prestatyn
  • A plaque on the main station building
  • The station building on platform 1
  • An Arriva Trains Wales Class 158 waits at the station
  • The Footplate sculpture near the entrance
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References
  1. Williams, Brendon (23 July 2008). "Verdict on UK's best rail station". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  2. Flint station facilities National Rail Enquiries; retrieved 13 January 2017
  3. GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 81

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Chester to Rhyl. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 44-48. ISBN 9781906008932. OCLC 795178960.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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