Shotton railway station
Shotton North Wales Coast Line. | |
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General information | |
Location | Shotton, Flintshire Wales |
Coordinates | 53°12′47″N 3°02′17″W / 53.213°N 3.038°W |
Grid reference | SJ307689 |
Managed by | Transport for Wales |
Platforms | 4 |
Other information | |
Station code | SHT |
Classification | DfT category E |
Key dates | |
1 October 1891 | High level station opened as Connah's Quay & Shotton[1] |
15 September 1952 | High Level and Low Level suffixes added[1] |
14 February 1966 | Shotton Low Level closed[1] |
21 August 1972 | Low level station reopened as part of Shotton[1] |
26 September 1999 | High Level suffix restored[1] |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 213,414 |
2019/20 | 200,402 |
2020/21 | 44,368 |
Interchange | 3,586 |
2021/22 | 141,210 |
Interchange | 12,246 |
2022/23 | 177,044 |
Interchange | 12,408 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Shotton railway station serves the towns of
Shotton is split into two sections: Shotton High Level is above street level and serves the
There is a ticket office on the high level Bidston-bound platform. The station is staffed on weekdays and Saturday mornings only.
History
The town gained its first railway as early as 1848 with the opening of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, but the railway company did not provide a station to serve it. The town had to wait until 1890 for its first station, when one was built by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway as the northern end of their Hawarden Loop line from Buckley. This station opened on 1 October 1891 as Connah's Quay & Shotton and became Shotton High Level on 15 September 1952.[1] It connected there to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's line from Chester Northgate via Hawarden Bridge. The link to Bidston was added by the
The
Between 2009 and 2010, both sets of platforms were refurbished as part of a £1.5 million modernisation scheme. This work (which commenced in March 2009) included platform resurfacing, the installation of new waiting shelters & ticket vending machines, improved signage and a new ticket office.[4] The scheme was completed in early November 2010 with the official opening of the new ticket office by former Alyn & Deeside MP Lord Jones.[5]
Facilities
The ticket office is located on the northbound high level platform and is staffed on weekday mornings (07:30 - 10:30) and on Saturdays (08:45 - 13:45) as noted. At other times, intending passenger should purchase their tickets from the ticket machine or prior to travel (pre-paid tickets can also be collected from the machine). Train running information on all platforms are provided by CIS screens, timetable poster boards and automatic announcements; there is also a customer help point on the high level platform 4 and a payphone on platform 3. No wheelchair access is available to platforms 1, 3 or 4 - the former is only accessible via footbridge, whilst the latter two both have steep ramps unsuitable for wheelchairs and mobility-impaired users. Platform 2 can be reached via a shallow ramp from the small car park at the end of Alexandra Street.[6]
Services
Shotton High Level
The high level of the station is on the
Shotton Low Level
Trains operate approximately every hour on the
Sunday services are infrequent during the morning and early afternoon, but between 1600 and 20:00 the Crewe - Holyhead service calls hourly in each direction.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Hawarden | Borderlands Line
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Hawarden Bridge or Neston | ||
Chester | North Wales Coast Line
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Flint |
Future
In March 2015 Network Rail published the draft version of their Welsh Route Study. It contained a proposal to build a new interchange station that would replace the existing High and Low Level stations, allowing for greater connectivity between the North Wales Coast Main Line and the Borderlands Line. The document recommended a transport planning study to establish the cost, feasibility and benefits of the proposed scheme.[9]
See also
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Station Layout
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Similar two-level layouts can be found at:
- Tamworth railway station
- Lichfield Trent Valley railway station
- Retford railway station
- Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station
- Willesden Junction
- Worcestershire Parkway
and used to be found further south on the Borderlands Line at Hope Exchange railway station.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XX
- ^ "Hawarden Loop Line". Disused Stations. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ "Chester Northgate". Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
- ^ "£1.5million revamp will transform Shotton railway station". eveningleader.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
- ^ "Flintshire Railway Station Opens after £1 million Revamp". dailypost.co.uk. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Shotton station facilities". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ GB eNRT May 2017 Edition, Table 101
- ^ GB eNRT May 2017 Edition, Table 81
- ^ "Welsh Route Study - Draft for Consultation". Network Rail. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
Bibliography
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. OCLC 859543196.
- Baughan, P.E (1980) A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain; Volume XI: North and Mid Wales. David & Charles (Publishers) Ltd, Newton Abbott. ISBN 0-946537-59-3.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Chester to Rhyl. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 35-38. OCLC 795178960.
External links
- Train times and station information for Shotton railway station from National Rail
- History of the North Wales Coast Line
- History of the Borderlands Line
- History of Shotton