Hawarden Bridge Railway Station

Hawarden Bridge railway station is a railway station near Shotton, Flintshire, Wales. It is situated on the Borderlands Line 13mi north of Wrexham Central, on the north side of Hawarden Bridge over the River Dee. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. HistoryThe station was opened by the LNER on 22 September 1924 as Hawarden Bridge Halt, adjacent to the John Summers steelworks. The station was renamed as Hawarden Bridge in 1954 when it was upgraded. The station was considerably busier in times past, being the nearest to the triangular junction with the former line to and Mickle Trafford as well as the steel plant. The Chester line closed to passengers in September 1968, but remained open for freight until June 1992 (it is now a footpath and cycleway) whilst the shutdown of much of the works in 1980 (with the loss of 6000 jobs) led to a significant decline in use of the station. The signal box at Dee Marsh Junction (just to the north) remains in use to control access to the remnants of the former Shotwick Sidings, once used by heavy trains of iron ore from Bidston Dock bound for the works and also for the dispatch of finished steel products. An industrial park and rail-connected paper mill now occupy part of the old works site, whilst the rolling mill there is still operational and receives steel coil for processing from South Wales by rail. The box also acts as the 'fringe' to the Merseyrail IECC at Sandhills.

Hawarden Bridge railway station is a railway station near Shotton, Flintshire, Wales. It is situated on the Borderlands Line 13mi north of Wrexham Central, on the north side of Hawarden Bridge over the River Dee. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. HistoryThe station was opened by the LNER on 22 September 1924 as Hawarden Bridge Halt, adjacent to the John Summers steelworks. The station was renamed as Hawarden Bridge in 1954 when it was upgraded. The station was considerably busier in times past, being the nearest to the triangular junction with the former line to and Mickle Trafford as well as the steel plant. The Chester line closed to passengers in September 1968, but remained open for freight until June 1992 (it is now a footpath and cycleway) whilst the shutdown of much of the works in 1980 (with the loss of 6000 jobs) led to a significant decline in use of the station. The signal box at Dee Marsh Junction (just to the north) remains in use to control access to the remnants of the former Shotwick Sidings, once used by heavy trains of iron ore from Bidston Dock bound for the works and also for the dispatch of finished steel products. An industrial park and rail-connected paper mill now occupy part of the old works site, whilst the rolling mill there is still operational and receives steel coil for processing from South Wales by rail. The box also acts as the 'fringe' to the Merseyrail IECC at Sandhills.