Holywell branch line was a railway branch line in North Wales that connected Holywell with the North Wales Coast Line at Holywell Junction. Holywell had...
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In 1912 Holywell Branch Line was opened just east of the station which linked the mainline to the centre of Holywell. Therefore, Holywell station was...
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Holywell Town railway station was a station in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. The station was opened on 1 July 1912 and closed on 6 September 1954. There...
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Wales Main Line (Welsh: Prif Linell Gogledd Cymru or Prif Linell y Gogledd; lit. 'North Main Line'), also known as the North Wales Coast Line (Welsh: Llinell...
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Grade (slope) Hillclimbing (railway) Lickey Incline, steepest British main-line gradient Longest trains Mountain railway Rack railways Ruling gradient Spiral...
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Holywell (/ˈhɒliwɛl/ HOLL-ee-wel; Welsh: Treffynnon) is a market town and community in Flintshire, Wales. It lies to the west of the estuary of the River...
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The Stainland branch was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and linked Greetland with Stainland and Holywell Green. It served the villages...
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Chester and Holyhead Railway (redirect from Holyhead line)
14 February 1966; Holywell; opened 1 May 1848; renamed Holywell Junction 1912; closed 14 February 1966; divergence of Holywell branch 1912–1957; Bagillt;...
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of Holywell Green. The station was opened to passengers on New Year's Day 1875, along with the rest of the line, and was the terminus of the line. The...
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In 1912 Holywell Branch Line was opened just east of the station which linked the mainline to the centre of Holywell. Therefore, Holywell station was...
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Flintshire, Wales, opened on 14 August 1849 as the terminus of a double-track line from the Chester and Holyhead Railway, starting at Saltney near Chester....
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technically on the North Wales Line the station was, for all practical purposes, on the Chester to Denbigh branch line as trains from the station generally...
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Historical Society. p. 132. OCLC 931112387. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 110. ISBN 9781908174321...
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station served the village of Talacre, near Prestatyn on the North Wales Coast Line. The station was opened in 1903 by the London and North Western Railway....
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in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986. Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-1510-4...
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Stations. Retrieved 11 February 2016. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 35-36. ISBN 9781908174321...
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Historical Society. p. 231. OCLC 931112387. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 32-34. ISBN 9781908174321...
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Chester and Holyhead Railway (now the North Wales Coast Line). On 1 January 1859 ownership of the line and station passed into the hands of the London and...
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Historical Society. p. 331. OCLC 931112387. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 37-39. ISBN 9781908174321...
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June 1947. Retrieved 17 February 2022. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 40-42. ISBN 9781908174321...
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Railway stations by G.Croughton page 53 Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 26-28. ISBN 9781908174321...
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reopening of part of the line. The E&BASR currently runs for a total distance of 4 miles (6 km) from Embsay via Draughton Sidings, Holywell and Stoneacre Loop...
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or continue on the through line to Manchester Central. Services to and from Liverpool via Bidston used the Grand Central line until joining the Chester...
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Historical Society. p. 108. OCLC 931112387. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 60-62. ISBN 9781908174321...
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and Holyhead Railway (now the North Wales Coast Line), it was one of the first stations on the line. Originally named Queen's Ferry, the station had...
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Stations. Retrieved 25 February 2017. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 29-31. ISBN 9781908174321...
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Historical Society. p. 362. OCLC 931112387. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 50-54. ISBN 9781908174321...
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