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Kinnerton
(1891 - 1962)
Kinnerton station was situated on the Mold Railway Company’s line that ran from Chester to the north Wales market town of Mold
The line had opened on August 14 1849 but Kinnerton station did not open until February 1891. It was located in an isolated spot between Higher and Lower Kinnerton
The Mold line was a double-track railway and Kinnerton was provided with two platforms. It was a basic station, the booking office, toilets and storage areas being in a single-storey wooden hut structure on the Chester direction platform. To the north of the booking office building was a small waiting room in a separate building. On the Mold direction platform there was a similar waiting room
Goods facilities were provided in the form of a single siding and a weighing machine and by 1904 cattle pens had been added. It is likely that the station was more important for goods services such as inbound farm equipment, seed and fertiliser and outbound agricultural produce than it was for passengers. Goods services were withdrawn from Kinnerton on December 5 1955 and shortly afterwards, the siding was removed
The December 1895 the timetable showed seven up and down trains on Monday to Friday and on Saturdays there was an extra up service but there were no trains on Sundays. The July 1922 timetable showed six up and eight down trains Monday to Saturday. The summer 1953 timetable showed a slight improvement in the service with nine trains in each direction calling at Kinnerton Monday to Saturday and no trains on Sundays
Withdrawal of all passenger services between Chester and Mold had been proposed and, despite local protest, the last passenger trains ran on April 26 1962 and Kinnerton station closed on April 28 1962 and was demolished shortly after, leaving little trace
The line had opened on August 14 1849 but Kinnerton station did not open until February 1891. It was located in an isolated spot between Higher and Lower Kinnerton
The Mold line was a double-track railway and Kinnerton was provided with two platforms. It was a basic station, the booking office, toilets and storage areas being in a single-storey wooden hut structure on the Chester direction platform. To the north of the booking office building was a small waiting room in a separate building. On the Mold direction platform there was a similar waiting room
Goods facilities were provided in the form of a single siding and a weighing machine and by 1904 cattle pens had been added. It is likely that the station was more important for goods services such as inbound farm equipment, seed and fertiliser and outbound agricultural produce than it was for passengers. Goods services were withdrawn from Kinnerton on December 5 1955 and shortly afterwards, the siding was removed
The December 1895 the timetable showed seven up and down trains on Monday to Friday and on Saturdays there was an extra up service but there were no trains on Sundays. The July 1922 timetable showed six up and eight down trains Monday to Saturday. The summer 1953 timetable showed a slight improvement in the service with nine trains in each direction calling at Kinnerton Monday to Saturday and no trains on Sundays
Withdrawal of all passenger services between Chester and Mold had been proposed and, despite local protest, the last passenger trains ran on April 26 1962 and Kinnerton station closed on April 28 1962 and was demolished shortly after, leaving little trace
