Trehowell Halt railway station explained

Trehowell Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Trehowell, Shropshire
Country:England
Coordinates:52.9241°N -3.0591°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Great Western Railway
Years:27 July 1935
Events:Station opens
Years1:29 Oct 1951[1]
Events1:Closed to passengers[2]

Trehowell Halt was a small railway station located about a mile and a half south of Chirk, just inside the English border south of an overbridge on the minor road between Trehowell and Chirk Bank. It was opened by the Great Western Railway as part of its halt construction programme of the 1930s, aimed at countering emergent competition from bus services. Although the halt is gone the railway is still open today as part of the Shrewsbury to Chester Line.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Quick, M. E.. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 427. 931112387.
  2. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia