 The town gained its first railway as early as 1848 with the opening of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, but the railway company did not provide a station to serve it.The town had to wait until 1890 for its first station, when one was built by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway as the northern end of their "Hawarden Loop" line from Buckley.This station opened on 1 October 1891 as "Connah's Quay & Shotton" and became "Shotton High Level" on 15 September 1952.