Saughall railway station

Saughall
Saughall
General information
Location	Sealand, Flintshire; Wales
Coordinates	53°12′54.59″N 2°58′3.09″W / 53.2151639°N 2.9675250°W
Grid reference	SJ355690
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
31 March 1890	Station opened
1 February 1954	Station closed

Saughall was a railway station on the former Chester & Connah's Quay Railway between Chester Northgate and Hawarden Bridge. It was 0.63 miles (1.01 km) from the village of Saughall, Cheshire. Although it was named for the village, it was actually in Flintshire, Wales.

History

The station opened on 31 March 1890 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (which was renamed Great Central Railway in 1897). The station had a building with two adjacent side platforms and two goods sidings.^[1]^[2]^[3] The signal box had a 21-lever frame and closed on 21 July 1957.^[3]

From this station, services from North Wales could stop at Chester Northgate, the Chester terminus of the Cheshire Lines Committee, or continue on the line through Northwich to Manchester Central.

Passenger and freight services ceased on 1 February 1954^[4] when the station was completely closed.

Even though steelmaking operations at the Corus plant at Shotton ceased in March 1980,^[5] freight continued to pass the former station on a double-tracked line until 20 April 1984. Goods services resumed on a single-track line on 31 August 1986 before final closure in 1992.^[2]^[4]^[6] The trackbed is now a cycle way.^[4]^[7]

The station had two side platforms, a station office and buildings, goods sidings, and a signal box. None remain. The site has been completely demolished.

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Blacon		Chester & Connah's Quay Railway Great Central Railway		Sealand

References

^ "Saughall's History". SAUGHALL AND SHOTWICK PARK PARISH COUNCIL. 15 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Station Name: SAUGHALL". Disused Stations. 15 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b Mitchell & Smith 2013, map XXIV
^ ^a ^b ^c Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 64
^ "Shotton Steelworks and Garden City". Retrieved 6 October 2008.
^ Oppitz 1997, p. 111
^ "Cycleway at Saughall". Chester Walls. 15 August 2009.

Sources

Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.
Oppitz, Leslie (1997). Cheshire Railways Remembered. Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-458-0.