Station code CGW DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SJ309572 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 21,888 | |
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Similar Cefn‑y‑Bedd railway station, Ruabon railway station, Chirk railway station, Hawarden Bridge railway st, Hawarden railway station | ||
Caergwrle railway station serves the village of Caergwrle in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 4¾ miles (7 km) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line.
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History
The station was opened as Bridge End in June 1872. From 1885, the station had a signal box towards the southern end of the Wrexham-bound platform, which was named Caergwrle Castle Station signal box from 1898 until 1972, On 1 January 1899, the station itself was renamed to Caergwrle Castle, with the & Wells suffix being included from 1 October 1908. By 1912, the station had a lengthy siding, extending to the north-west, to the Lascelles and Sharman brewery.
The station was renamed from Caergwrle Castle & Wells to Caergwrle on 6 May 1974, and the signal box closed on 28 November 1982.
Services
The basic off-peak service consists of one train per hour to Bidston (for connections to Birkenhead Park and Liverpool Lime Street via the Wirral Line), and one to Wrexham Central. In the evenings and on bank holidays, this drops to one every second hour. There are six trains in each direction on Sundays.