Buckley railway station

Buckley railway station serves the town of Buckley in Flintshire, Wales.The station is 8½ miles (14 km) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line.The station was known as Buckley Junction until 6 May 1974, when it became Buckley. It is the nearest station to Mold, Flintshire.HistoryThe first railway in the area was the Buckley Railway, a short freight branch linking the town with the River Dee at Connah's Quay. The Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway arrived in 1866 from a terminus at Wrexham Exchange alongside the GWR's station and was linked into the Buckley Railway from the outset, eventually taking it over in 1873. Passenger services from the south began soon afterwards, but not to the current station - this dates from 1890, when the "Harwarden Loop" line northwards to was opened. Further construction by the Great Central Railway added links to Chester and to Bidston by 1896. The original Buckley Railway line down to the docks at Connah's Quay remained freight-only throughout its life, finally closing in 1965. This left the current line at the station and ran via the original Buckley station . Few traces of this route now remain.