Chester and Connah's Quay Railway

Chester & Connah's Quay Railway

The Chester & Connah's Quay Railway ran from Chester Northgate in Chester, Cheshire, England to Shotton, Flintshire, Wales. It was in use for its full length from 1890 to 1992.

At Dee Marsh Junction it connected with the North Wales and Liverpool Railway. It then crossed the River Dee by means of Hawarden Bridge before joining the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway at Shotton.

The line today

Trackbed of the former Chester and Connah's Quay Railway at Hoole, Chester.

Open portion

The only section of the Chester & Connah's Quay Railway which remains in use is between Dee Marsh Junction and Shotton, forming part of the Borderlands Line.

Closed portion

The rest of the line closed to passenger trains in 1968, but remained open to freight trains until 1992. Even though steelmaking operations at the British Steel plant at Shotton ceased in March 1980,[1] freight continued to use the double-tracked line until 20 April 1984. Goods services resumed on a single-track line on 31 August 1986 before final closure in June 1992.[2] This was precipitated by the closure of Ravenscraig steelworks in Motherwell, Scotland, as freight trains using the line ran between Ravenscraig and Shotton rolling mill.

Cycle path

Since the line between Chester and Dee Marsh closed, the track has been lifted and the route is now a cycle path, forming part of Route 5 of the National Cycle Network.

Junction maps

A 1906 map showing (right) the western end of the line around Shotton and Saughall

A 1903 map showing the eastern end of the line around Chester and Blacon

Railway Clearing House Junction Diagrams showing portions of the Chester and Connah's Quay Railway and neighbouring lines

References

"Shotton Steelworks and Garden City". Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
Oppitz, Leslie (1997). Cheshire Railways Remembered. Countryside Books. p. 111. ISBN 1-85306-458-0.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chester and Connah's Quay Railway.

Images of the line in its final operating days
National Cycle Network Chester to Connah's Quay
Railscot article on the Chester & Connah's Quay Railway
Virtual stroll along the railway

Closed railway stations in Cheshire
St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway	Ann Street Halt Appleton
Birkenhead Railway	Daresbury Norton (Cheshire) Halton Dunham Hill Mickle Trafford Hadlow Road Neston South Parkgate
Chester to Crewe	Waverton Tattenhall Road Beeston Castle and Tarporley Calveley Worleston
Macclesfield to Marple	Bollington Higher Poynton Middlewood Higher
Northwich to Sandbach	Billinge Green Halt Middlewich Cledford Bridge Halt
Winsford and Over Branch Line	Whitegate Winsford and Over
Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway	Waverton Tattenhall Broxton Malpas Grindley Brook Halt
Sandbach to Kidsgrove	Wheelock and Sandbach Hassall Green Lawton
Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway	Warrington Arpley Latchford Thelwall Lymm Heatley & Warburton
Mid-Cheshire Line	Chester Northgate Mickle Trafford East Barrow for Tarvin
Chester & Connah's Quay Railway	Chester Northgate Chester Liverpool Road Blacon
Helsby to Mouldsworth Junction	Helsby and Alvanley Manley
Nantwich to Market Drayton	Coole Pilate Halt Audlem Coxbank Halt
Wirral Line	Upton-by-Chester Mollington Ledsham
Other stations	Alsager Road Balderton Basford Betley Road Bosley Burton Point Collins Green Culcheth Ditton Gresty Macclesfield Hibel Road Minshull Vernon Moore Mow Cop and Scholar Green Newcastle Crossing Newchurch Halt North Rode Over and Wharton Preston Brook Radway Green and Barthomley Sutton Weaver Tanhouse Lane Widnes Central Willaston
Cheshire portal

Historic Welsh railway companies
Great Western Railway	Aberdare Railway Aberdare Valley Railway Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Alexandra Docks and Railway Bala and Dolgelly Railway Bala and Festiniog Railway Barry Dock and Railway Barry Railway Blaenavon Tramroad Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Brecon and Merthyr Railway Bridgend Railway Bristol and South Wales Union Railway Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway Cambrian Railways Cardiff Railway Cardiff and Ogmore Railway Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Carmarthenshire Railway Clarbeston Road and Letterston Railway Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Corris Railway Corwen and Bala Railway Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway Ely Valley Railway Ely Valley Extension Railway Gwendraeth Valleys Railway Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway Kington Tramway Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway Llancaiach Branch Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Llangollen and Corwen Railway Llangurig branch Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway Llynvi and Ogmore Railway Maerdy Branch Manchester and Milford Railway Mawddwy Railway Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway Mid-Wales Railway Monmouth and Hereford Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway Neath and Brecon Railway Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Newtown and Machynlleth Railway North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway North Wales Mineral Railway Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway Oswestry and Newtown Railway Pembroke and Tenby Railway Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway Port Talbot Railway Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Rhymney Railway Rumney Railway Ross and Monmouth Railway Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway South Wales Railway Taff Vale Railway Tanat Valley Light Railway Vale of Glamorgan Railway Vale of Llangollen Railway Vale of Neath Railway Vale of Rheidol Railway Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway West Midland Railway Whitland and Cardigan Railway Wye Valley Railway Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
London and North Western Railway	Anglesey Central Railway Bangor and Carnarvon Railway Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway Carnarvonshire Railway Central Wales Railway Central Wales Extension Railway Chester and Holyhead Railway Chester and Connah's Quay Railway Conway and Llanrwst Railway Knighton Railway Llanelly Railway Red Wharf Bay branch line Sirhowy Railway Swansea and Carmarthen Railway Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction Railway Vale of Clwyd Railway
Joint lines	Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway Nantybwch and Rhymney Railway Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway Taff Bargoed Railway Buckley Railway North Wales and Liverpool Railway Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway Vale of Towy Railway Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway Wrexham and Minera Railway
Independent lines	Corris, Machynlleth and River Dovey Tramroad Fairbourne Railway Ffestiniog Railway Festiniog and Blaenau Railway Glyn Valley Tramway Hay Railway Kinmel Camp Railway Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway Snowdon Mountain Railway Swansea and Mumbles Railway Talyllyn Railway Van Railway Welsh Highland Railway
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