Hope Exchange railway station

Hope Exchange
Location
Place	Penyffordd
Area	Flintshire
Coordinates	53°08′50″N 3°03′17″W / 53.1472°N 3.0548°WCoordinates: 53°08′50″N 3°03′17″W / 53.1472°N 3.0548°W
Grid reference	SJ296616
Operations
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)
Platforms	4
History
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
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Hope Exchange railway station was located to the west of Penyffordd, Flintshire. 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.

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.