The Wrexham to Bidston railway
'The Borderlands line'
by Dave Sallery

97302 and 304 are seen at Penyffordd on January 13th 2011.  The pair were working a track testing train from Shrewsbury to Longsight and traversed the Borderlands line to Bidston and back.  Photo by Tim Rogers.

Contents of this website:
A brief history of the Wrexham - Bidston line

Live online train running information

News from the line (with freight timetable)

Electrification plans
Map of the Borderlands Line
The view from the train
Wrexham Central, old and new
Wrexham General and Exchange
Gwersyllt and Cefn-y-bedd
Caergwrle and Hope
Penyffordd
Buckley and Hawarden
Shotton
Hawarden Bridge and Dee Marsh
Dee Marsh to Mickle Trafford
The Wirral and Merseyrail

Photo gallery pages
Links to other sites

Please take the time to view my other North Wales railway websites:
The Conwy Valley Line - Y Lein Dyffryn Conwy
 The Cambrian Rail Cruise
and North Wales - Changing Trains

The very last WSMR service from Wrexham to Marylebone.  67013 with headboard leaves Wrexham on the 13.27 to Marylebone, January 28th 2011.  The train left with the horns on the loco and DVT sounding continuously.

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