Rhosymedre Halt railway station

Rhosymedre Halt was a minor railway station on the Great Western Railway's London to Birkenhead main line, serving the mining village of Rhosymedre near Cefn Mawr in Wales. Although the station is gone, the railway remains open as part of the Shrewsbury to Chester Line. The station was situated in a deep cutting amidst a number of overbridges, but nothing now remains of the old platforms.

Rhosymedre Halt
General information
LocationCefn Mawr & Rhosymedre, Wrexham County Borough
Wales
Coordinates52.9764°N 3.0673°W / 52.9764; -3.0673
Grid referenceSJ283426
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 Sep 1906Station opens
2 Mar 1959Closed [1][2]

Express trains did not call at Rhosymedre, and the halt would have been served only by West Midlands & Shrewsbury to Wrexham & Chester local trains. Some proposals for a "Wrexham South railway station" involve the use of the former Rhosymedre Halt railway station site or slightly south of it.

Neighbouring stations
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Cefn   Great Western Railway
Shrewsbury to Chester Line		   Ruabon

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. 53. ISBN 9781906008703. OCLC 495274299.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.