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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]
Whitehurst Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Whitehurst, Wrexham Wales |
| Coordinates | 52°57′13″N 3°03′48″W / 52.9537°N 3.0633°W |
| Grid reference | SJ285401 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 12 October 1848 | Opened as Llangollen Road |
| 1 July 1862 | Closed[1] |
| 1 October 1905 | Reopened as Llangollen Road Halt |
| 1 May 1906 | Renamed Whitehurst Halt |
| 12 September 1960 | Closed [2][3] |
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chirk | Great Western Railway Shrewsbury to Chester Line | Cefn | ||
References edit
- ^ "Disused Stations: Whitehurst Halt". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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 edit
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Shrewsbury to Chester. Middleton Press. figs. 48-49. ISBN 9781906008703. OCLC 495274299.
External links edit
- Whitehurst Halt on navigable 1946 O.S. map