Holywell Town railway station

Holywell Town railway station was a station in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. The station was opened on 1 July 1912 and closed on 6 September 1954.[1] There was a single platform with two wooden shelters, a run round loop and extensive goods facilities. The station could be accessed by a sloping path down from a road bridge.[1] There are no remains of the station today, just the track-bed and elevated goods yard site on the northwest side of the road over bridge.

Holywell Town
Site of Holywell Town station
Location
PlaceHolywell
AreaFlintshire
Coordinates53.2748°N 3.2204°W / 53.2748; -3.2204
Grid referenceSJ186760
Operations
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms1
History
1 July 1912Opened[1]
6 September 1954Closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

References

  1. "Station Name: Holywell Town". Disused Stations. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Chester to Rhyl. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 103-110. ISBN 9781906008932. OCLC 795178960.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
St Winefride's Halt
Line and station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Holywell Branch Line
  Terminus


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