Penyffordd railway station
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Penyffordd railway station serves the village of Penyffordd
in Flintshire
, Wales
. The station is 12 km (7¼ miles) north of Wrexham Central
on the Borderlands Line
.
The station was renamed from Penyffordd for Leeswood to Penyffordd on 6 May 1974.
for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Line
s.
Sundays there is generally a two-hourly service in each direction.
Penyffordd
Penyffordd is a village in Flintshire, North Wales, situated to the south west of Buckley and to the west of Chester. The name is derived from the Welsh Pen Y Ffordd - meaning, literally, "head of the road"...
in Flintshire
Flintshire
Flintshire is a county in north-east Wales. It borders Denbighshire, Wrexham and the English county of Cheshire. It is named after the historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The station is 12 km (7¼ miles) north of Wrexham Central
Wrexham Central railway station
Wrexham Central railway station is the smaller of two main railway stations serving the central area of Wrexham in Wales. The platform can accommodate a three car diesel train, but has room for platform extension...
on the Borderlands Line
Borderlands Line
The Borderlands Line is the railway line between Wrexham, Wales, and Bidston, Wirral, England.Passenger train services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales between Wrexham Central and Bidston. Trains run every hour Monday to Saturday daytime, every two hours after 18:45 and on Sundays...
.
The station was renamed from Penyffordd for Leeswood to Penyffordd on 6 May 1974.
Services
The station is served by an hourly service southbound to Wrexham General and northbound to BidstonBidston railway station
Bidston railway station is a railway station in Bidston, Birkenhead, on the Wirral, England. It is situated at the junction of the West Kirby branch of the Wirral Line with the Borderlands Line from Wrexham Central .-History:The station was originally built by the Hoylake Railway in 1866 as an...
for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Line
Wirral Line
The Wirral Line is one of the two commuter railway lines operated by Merseyrail that are centred around Merseyside, England, the other being the Northern Line...
s.
Sundays there is generally a two-hourly service in each direction.