Rhosrobin Halt railway station

Rhosrobin Halt was a minor railway station located on the Great Western Railway's Paddington to Birkenhead line a few miles north of Wrexham in Wales. Only local trains called here, and freight was never handled at the station. The route is still open today as part of the Shrewsbury to Chester Line. The station was located just north of Wheatsheaf Junction, where the goods line from Cefn-y-Bedd joined on the north side of the line. The double track on the Wrexham to Chester section was singled in the 1980s but has been re-doubled in part since, with work completed in April 2017.

Rhosrobin Halt
General information
LocationRhosrobin, Wrexham
Wales
Coordinates53.0707°N 2.9973°W / 53.0707; -2.9973
Grid referenceSJ331531
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 Sep 1932Station opens
6 Oct 1947Closed to Passengers[1][2]

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Wrexham General   Great Western Railway
Shrewsbury to Chester Line
  Gresford

References

  1. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 362. OCLC 931112387.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Shrewsbury to Chester. Middleton Press. fig. 91. ISBN 9781906008703. OCLC 495274299.


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