Transport for Wales (TfW) has announced that funding has been made available to a number of stations on the Wrexham to Bidston Line to replace and install new waiting shelters for passengers on the platforms.

The stations set to receive the new shelters include Hawarden, Hawarden Bridge, Hope, Neston, Penyffordd, Wrexham General and Upton.

The total combined cost covering all of the new shelters to be built at all seven stations is just over £400,000. Transport for Wales contractors, RWS, will be undertaking the work, which is expected to be completed by early November.

Building on the £800m investment in new trains over recent years, this £400,000 investment, part of Network North Wales, aims to provide better facilities at stations in North Wales and the Wirral, following on from similar improvements in south and west Wales over the last two years.

“Through Network North Wales we will transform travel for the people of North Wales and its border communities. It’s great to see some of the immediate projects getting under way such as the station refurbishments along the Wrexham Bidston line, which we will rename the Wrexham to Liverpool line.

With the T51 bus service due to begin next month, and plans to increase frequency of trains on the North Wales mainline and double frequency of train services between Wrexham and Chester there are exciting changes ahead.”

Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales Ken Skates

As for any existing waiting shelters, depending on their condition, some will be reused by TfW or within local communities. Some previous shelters that were replaced in South Wales have been moved to Barry Depot and are used by staff and train presentation teams when working outdoors.