Whitehurst Halt | |
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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] |
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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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] |
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 |