Whitehurst Halt railway station
Whitehurst Halt was a small railway station located on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line about a mile and a half north of Chirk in Wales, immediately on the north side of the 46-yard Whitehurst Tunnel. It was opened by the Great Western Railway as Llangollen Road Halt and the name was changed on 1 May 1906.[4]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Chirk | Great Western Railway Shrewsbury to Chester Line |
Cefn |
Whitehurst Halt | |
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Location | |
Place | Whitehurst |
Area | Wrexham |
Coordinates | 52.9537°N 3.0633°W |
Grid reference | SJ285401 |
Operations | |
Original company | Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
12 October 1848 | Opened as Llangollen Road |
1 July 1862[1] | Closed |
1 October 1905 | Reopened as Llangollen Road Halt |
1 May 1906 | Renamed Whitehurst Halt |
12 September 1960 | Closed [2][3] |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
References
- http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/whitehurst_halt/index.shtml
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. pp.146 & 248
- Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5
- Clinker, C.R., (1979) GWR Register of Halts & Platforms, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-29-2
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Shrewsbury to Chester. Middleton Press. figs. 48-49. ISBN 9781906008703. OCLC 495274299.
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