Trains to Shotton - Station Details and further Information on Shotton Train Services
Shotton train station serves the town of Shotton, Flintshire, Wales. It is situated where the Borderlands Line crosses the North Wales Coast Line. All passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales, which manages the station.
Shotton is split into two sections: a High Level on the Borderlands Line; and a Low level on the North Wales Coast Line. Each level has two side platforms and are double tracked. The station is staffed on weekdays and Saturday mornings only. There is a ticket office on the Bidston-bound platform.
The tracks of the high and low levels cross each other at right angles.
The high level of the station is on the Borderlands Line and consists of two platforms - 3 & 4. Services operate every 60 minutes in each direction (Monday-Saturday daytime) on the Borderlands line, between Wrexham Central and Bidston (where passengers can change for Liverpool). The frequency drops to two-hourly in the evenings and infrequently (six trains each way) on Sundays. To the north of the station on the Borderlands line is Hawarden Bridge over the River Dee.
At the low level station Trains operate approximately every hour on the North Wales Coast Line. Services travel between Holyhead, Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly via Llandudno and Chester. A number of early morning & late evening services between Holyhead and Crewe also stop here.
Sunday services are infrequent during the day although there are hourly trains in the late afternoon that run between Crewe and either Llandudno Junction or Holyhead. |