| Chirk | |
| Native Name: | cy|Y Waun |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Chirk, Wrexham |
| Country: | Wales |
| Coordinates: | 52.933°N -3.066°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | Transport for Wales |
| Lines: | Shrewsbury–Chester |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | CRK |
| Classification: | DfT category F2 |
| Original: | Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway |
| Pregroup: | Great Western Railway |
| Years: | 12 October 1848 |
| Events: | Station opens |
| Years1: | 13 July 1964 |
| Events1: | Closed to goods |
| Years2: | 1 March 1974 |
| Events2: | Unstaffed[1] |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Chirk railway station (cy|Y Waun) serves the town of Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The station is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line 21miles north of Shrewsbury, which is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside. The original 19th-century (grade 2 listed) Chirk / Y Waun station building was demolished in 1987, without consultation, by the local council.[2]
Chirk was also the eastern terminus and transfer point for the Glyn Valley Tramway.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C and there was a 15 cwt crane.[3] At one time there was also a private siding into the Cadbury's factory from where cocoa liquor was sent to the chocolate factory at Bournville.
The railway itself superseded the Llangollen Canal, which runs parallel to the railway through Chirk, for the transportation of coal and other goods.
The station is unstaffed (and has been since 1974) but has a ticket vending machine where passengers may buy or collect pre-booked tickets before boarding. Stone waiting shelters are provided on both platforms, along with a fully accessible ramped footbridge linking them – this was installed in 2015 as part of a £2 million Welsh Assembly-funded station improvement project.[4] Train running information is provided via the CIS displays, automated announcements and timetable posters.[5]
Some early morning & late evening trains run only between Shrewsbury and either Wrexham General or Chester only, whilst there is a single late evening service northbound to Manchester Piccadilly on weekdays only. Sundays see a two-hourly service to Chester & Birmingham International with a limited number of services to Holyhead & Cardiff.[6]