Place Hope, Flintshire Station code HPE DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SJ306582 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 25,526 | |
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Address Hope, Wrexham LL12 9NJ, United Kingdom Similar Penyffordd railway station, Cefn‑y‑Bedd railway station, Caergwrle railway station, Neston railway station, Buckley railway station | ||
Hope railway station serves the village of Hope in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 5¼ miles (8 km) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line. The name of the station in Welsh is Yr Hob.
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History
The station was originally known as Caergwrle, with the name changing to Hope Village on 1 January 1899, to differentiate it from Caergwrle and Hope Exchange stations, with the latter being just north of Penyffordd. The station had a 17-lever signal box at the northern end of the Wrexham-bound platform, with an adjacent third through line around the outside of the platform, and a goods yard with a cattle pen and one-ton crane. The signal box was opened in 1885 and closed on 1 August 1965, and the goods yard closed on 4 May 1964.
Facilities
Each of the two platforms has an electronic timetable, a waiting shelter and CCTV. There is a cycle rack and lock-up on platform 1. Entry to the station is by a ramp. Access to each platform is straightforward, with a pedestrian level crossing at the southern end of the platforms. However, neither platform has any seating.
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.