Rhosymedre Halt railway station explained

Rhosymedre Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Cefn Mawr & Rhosymedre, Wrexham County Borough
Country:Wales
Coordinates:52.9764°N -3.0673°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Great Western Railway
Years:1 Sep 1906
Events:Station opens
Years1:2 Mar 1959
Events1:Closed[1] [2]

Rhosymedre Halt was a minor railway station on the Great Western Railway's London to Birkenhead main line, serving the mining village of Rhosymedre near Cefn Mawr in Wales. Although the station is gone, the railway remains open as part of the Shrewsbury to Chester Line. The station was situated in a deep cutting amidst a number of overbridges, but nothing now remains of the old platforms.

Express trains did not call at Rhosymedre, and the halt would have been served only by West Midlands & Shrewsbury to Wrexham & Chester local trains. Some proposals for a "Wrexham South railway station" involve the use of the former Rhosymedre Halt railway station site or slightly south of it.

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Notes and References

  1. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia
  2. Book: Quick, M. E.. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 362. 931112387.