Whitehurst Halt railway station

Whitehurst Halt
General information
LocationWhitehurst, Wrexham
Wales
Coordinates52°57′13″N 3°03′48″W / 52.9537°N 3.0633°W / 52.9537; -3.0633
Grid referenceSJ285401
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyShrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
12 October 1848Opened as Llangollen Road
1 July 1862Closed[1]
1 October 1905Reopened as Llangollen Road Halt
1 May 1906Renamed Whitehurst Halt
12 September 1960Closed [2][3]

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
Chirk   Great Western Railway
Shrewsbury to Chester Line 		  Cefn

References

  1. ^ "Disused Stations: Whitehurst Halt". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M. pp.146 & 248
  3. ^ Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5
  4. ^ Clinker, C.R., (1979) GWR Register of Halts & Platforms, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-29-2

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