Borderlands Line

Wrexham to the Wirral: 1860s Wrexham, Mold and Connah’s Quay metals joined to the 1896 North Wales and Liverpool line, crossing the Dee on the Hawarden swing bridge and running on to Bidston for Liverpool.

Stations

1. 0 kmWrexham Central
2. 1 kmWrexham General
3. 4 kmGwersyllt
4. 7 kmCefn-y-Bedd
5. 8 kmCaergwrle
6. 9 kmHope (Flintshire)
7. Show 4 more stations

   1. 12 kmPenyffordd
   2. 14 kmBuckley
   3. 17 kmHawarden
   4. 21 kmShotton
8. 21 kmHawarden Bridge
9. 30 kmNeston
10. 34 kmHeswall
11. 41 kmUpton
12. 44 kmBidston

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2175804 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: Transport for Wales — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Borderlands Line?

The Borderlands Line runs 44 km from Wrexham to Bidston. It runs through Wales and England.

How long does the Borderlands Line take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 5 min for the 44 km. That is an average of 41 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 96 km/h.

Who runs the Borderlands Line?

Transport for Wales, with TfW Class 230 D-Train, 197.

How old is the Borderlands Line?

The line has been in service since 1896. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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