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Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway The Buckley Railway was opened from Buckley to a connection with the Chester to Holyhead main line on 7 June 1862, to convey coal and finished brickworks products from the Buckley area. Numerous short tramroads had existed in the area from the ...

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Buckley railway station serves the town of

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. The station is 8½ miles (14 km) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line. The station was known as ''Buckley Junction'' until 6 May 1974, when it became ''Buckley''. It is the nearest station to

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History

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The first railway in the area was the ''Buckley Railway'', a short (5 mile/8 km long) freight branch linking the town with the River Dee at

Connah's Quay Connah's Quay ( cy, Cei Connah), known locally as "The Quay" and formerly known as Wepre, is a town and community in Flintshire, lying within the Deeside conurbation along the River Dee, near the border with England. It is the largest town in ...

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arrived in 1866 from a terminus at Wrexham Exchange alongside the GWR's station and was linked into the Buckley Railway from the outset, eventually taking it over in 1873. Passenger services from the south began soon afterwards, but not to the current station, which dates from 1890, when the "Hawarden Loop" line northwards to was opened. Further construction by the

added links to Chester and to Bidston (the current route north) by 1896. The original Buckley Railway line down to the docks at Connah's Quay remained freight-only throughout its life, finally closing in 1965. That left the current line at the station and ran via the original Buckley (Old) station (closed in 1890, and briefly reopened between 1893–95). Few traces of that route now remain. The station became an unstaffed halt in 1969 and the substantial two-storey main building was subsequently sold off. It remains standing to this day and is now used as industrial premises.

Facilities

The station has no ticket provision, so these must be purchased in advance or on the train. Train running information can be obtained via CIS screens, timetable poster boards or a payphone on platform 2. Step-free access is available to both platforms; there is no footbridge at this station however, only a foot crossing that must be used with care.

Services

The station is served by an hourly service Monday - Saturday (two-hourly in the evenings & bank holidays) southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to Bidston for connections to Birkenhead and Liverpool stations via the

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. Connections to Shrewsbury, Cardiff and Birmingham (and beyond) are available at and for the North Wales Coast line at . On Sundays, there is a train approximately every 90 minutes.

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