Hope Exchange railway station

53°08′50″N 3°03′17″W / 53.1472°N 3.0548°W / 53.1472; -3.0548Grid referenceSJ296616Platforms4Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyWM&CQR (High Level)
LNWR (Low Level)Pre-groupingGCR (High Level)
LNWR (Low Level)Post-groupingLNER (High Level)
LMS (Low Level)Key dates18 November 1867High Level opened as Hope Junction
Low Level opened as Hope Passenger Exchangec. 1878Renamed as Hope Exchange29 March 1890High level line doubled, high level station rebuilt7 November 1953Renamed as Hope High Level and Hope Low Level1 September 1958Closed

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.

References

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