Buckley railway station

Buckley
Location
Place Buckley
Local authority Flintshire
Operations
Station code BCK
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 40,381
2005/06 * 33,887
2006/07 * 36,328
2007/08 * 40,658
2008/09 * 43,186
2009/10 * 48,364
History
Original company Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
31 March 1890[1] Opened as Buckley Junction
6 May 1974[1] Renamed
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Buckley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Buckley railway station serves the town of Buckley in Flintshire, Wales.

The station is 14 km (8½ miles) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line.

The station was known as Buckley Junction until 6 May 1974, when it became Buckley.[2]

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Services

The station is served by an hourly service southbound to Wrexham General and northbound to Bidston for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Lines.

Sundays there is generally a two-hourly service in each direction.

References

  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 47.
  2. ^ Slater, J.N., ed (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine (London: IPC Transport Press Ltd) 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923. 

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External links

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Penyffordd   Arriva Trains Wales
Borderlands Line
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