Holywell Town railway station
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Holywell Town | |||||
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 Site of Holywell Town station in 2020 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Holywell, Flintshire Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°16′29″N 3°13′13″W / 53.2748°N 3.2204°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ186760 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | London and North Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 July 1912 | Opened[1] | ||||
| 6 September 1954 | Closed[1] | ||||
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Holywell Town railway station served the market town of Holywell, in Flintshire, Wales. It was the southern terminus of the Holywell branch line, which linked the town centre with the North Wales Main Line at Holywell Junction.
Service
The passenger rolling stock consisted of two former picnic saloons, converted to form an auto-train.[note 1]
At first, there were sixteen passenger train journeys each way on weekdays; this was increased to 29 each way before 1939.[3] The summer 1938 Bradshaw shows 26 Monday to Friday departures up the branch, from 06:25 to 23:30. A similar number ran on Saturdays.[4]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| St Winefride's Halt Line and station closed |
London and North Western Railway Holywell Branch Line |
Terminus | ||
The site today
After closure, the station building and platform were demolished. The bridge over the site is extant, with the elevated goods yard site on the north-west side of the road.[1] A staircase provides access from the Tesco supermarket car park.
The site is now the southern end of the Greenfield Valley, which is a tarmacked footpath that follows the length of the former branch line.[5]
