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Transport for Wales Transport for Wales (TfW; cy, Trafnidiaeth Cymru; cy, TrC, label=none) is a not-for-profit company owned by the Welsh Government and managed at arms length by its appointed board. TfW oversees the Transport for Wales Group (TfW Group) consi ...

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Office of Rail and Road The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the economic and safety regulation of Britain's railways, and the economic monitoring of National Highways. ORR regulates Network Rail by setting its ...

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North Wales Coast Line The North Wales Coast Line ( cy, Llinell Arfordir Gogledd Cymru), also known as the North Wales Main Line ( cy, Prif Linell Gogledd Cymru or cy, label=none, Prif Linell y Gogledd), is a major railway line in the north of Wales and Cheshire, ...

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, who provide most of the passenger trains that call here. There are certain

Avanti West Coast Avanti West Coast is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%) that operates the West Coast Partnership franchise. During November 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the Inter ...

services that serve the station. In July 2008, Flint station was voted "Best in UK".

Facilities

The station is staffed through the day, with the ticket office inside the main building on platform 2. A self-service ticket machine is provided for use and for collecting advance purchase tickets. A waiting room is provided on the eastbound side (platform 1), with digital information screens, timetable posters and help points on both platforms. A stepped footbridge connects the two platforms, but step-free access to both sides is provided via a public footpath passing beneath the railway.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays, the station is served by two main routes, both of which run hourly:GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 81 *

Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of Manchester city ...

to (some run through to/from ) * Birmingham International or (alternate hours) to . On weekdays,

operate five trains each way per day between Crewe and Holyhead, one of which runs only to Bangor. On Saturdays there is one train each way per day between London Euston and Holyhead, with two trains each way from Crewe to Holyhead, one of which continues to Birmingham New Street. On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction from mid-morning - eastbound to and westbound to Holyhead, with two through trains to Manchester and one to Cardiff. There are three trains per day each way between Crewe and Holyhead, one of which continues to London Euston.

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{{Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Railway stations in Flintshire DfT Category E stations Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail Railway stations served by Avanti West Coast Flint, Flintshire Grade II listed buildings in Flintshire Grade II listed railway stations in Wales