Shotton Railway Station was opened on 1 April 1907 on the Chester and Holyhead Railway. It was renamed Shotton Low Level in 1953, to draw a distinction with the Shotton Station (or Shotton High Level, nprn 421962) nearby on the Wrexham, Mold & Connah's Quay Railway line. It closed to passengers in 1966 but reopened in 1972.

(Sources include: J.I.C.Boyd, The Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway, Oakwood Press, 1991; Colonel M.H.Cobb, The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas, Ian Allan, second edition 2006)

B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 31 March 2017.