Hope Exchange railway station

Hope Exchange railway station was located to the west of Penyffordd, Flintshire. The station was in fields with no road access, being an interchange between two lines. The high level section of the station opened on 18 November 1867 on the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway,^[1] and the low level section opened on the same day, on the London and North Western Railway.^[2] The high level platforms served what is now the Borderlands Line, and the low level platforms served the Mold Railway. The railway line to Hope Low Level was completely removed by 1982. The railway through Hope High Level remains in use as the Borderlands Line. The platforms on the Borderlands Line are still extant whereas the Mold Line ones have been demolished.

Hope Exchange
Name-board at Hope Exchange High Level, 1948
General information
Location	Penyffordd, Flintshire Wales
Coordinates	53.1472°N 3.0548°W / 53.1472; -3.0548
Grid reference	SJ296616
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	WM&CQR (High Level) LNWR (Low Level)
Pre-grouping	GCR (High Level) LNWR (Low Level)
Post-grouping	LNER (High Level) LMS (Low Level)
Key dates
18 November 1867	High Level opened as Hope Junction Low Level opened as Hope Passenger Exchange
c. 1878	Renamed as Hope Exchange
29 March 1890	High level line doubled, high level station rebuilt
7 November 1953	Renamed as Hope High Level and Hope Low Level
1 September 1958	Closed

References

1. "Station Name: Hope High Level Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
2. "Station Name: Hope Low Level Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 35-36. ISBN 9781908174321. OCLC 814270878.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 32. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Penyffordd Line and station open		Great Central Railway Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway		Buckley Line and station open
Hope & Pen-y-ffordd Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Mold Railway		Padeswood and Buckley Line and station closed