Fenn's Bank railway station

Fenn's Bank
The site of the station in 1997
General information
Location	Bronington, Wrexham County Borough Wales
Coordinates	52°56′49″N2°43′54″W / 52.9469°N 2.7316°W / 52.9469; -2.7316
Grid reference	SJ510392
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	4 May 1863 (1863-05-04) [1]
Closed	18 January 1965 (1965-01-18) [1]
Original company	Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Location

Fenn's Bank railway station was a station in Bronington, Wrexham, Wales. The station was opened on 4 May 1863 and closed on 18 January 1965. ^[1]

Details

The station was situated on the edge of Fenn's Moss, now part of the Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve. The formation runs from south-west to north-east, and a bridge carried a minor road across the tracks immediately to the west of the station. There was a single platform to the north of the tracks, with a single storey building on the platform. In 1893, there was a passing loop, which was only used by goods trains, and a siding to serve a goods yard. The passing loop continued through the bridge to the south-west, to serve a brickyard and kiln. ^[2] By 1899, a second siding had been laid into the goods yard, and the northern end of the passing loop had been continued along an embankment as a siding. It ran alongside the main line almost to the point at which is crossed the Shropshire Union Canal. At the southern end, a new clay pit had been opened on the north side of the main line, which was connected to Fenn's Brick and Tile Works by a short section of track that passed under the main line. The buildings had been extended, and there was a balloon loop around a circular structure. An extra siding turned off the line to the Brick Works, and entered a transshipment shed, which also accommodated a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge line bringing peat from Fenn's and Whixall Mosses. ^[3] The tramway was operated by the Peat Moss Litter Company. ^[4] The layout in 1912 was similar, except that the balloon loop had been split into two sidings, one on either side of the circular structure. ^[5]

References

1. "Station Name: Fenn's Bank". Disused Stations. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
2. "1:2500 map". Ordnance Survey. 1894.
3. "1:2500 map". Ordnance Survey. 1899.
4. Jenkins & Loader 2015, p. 23.
5. "1:2500 map". Ordnance Survey. 1912.

Bibliography

• Jenkins, Stanley C; Loader, Martin (2015). The Great Western Railway Volume 5: Shrewsbury to Pwllheli. Amberley Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4456-4286-4.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Oswestry to Whitchurch. Middleton Press. figs. 51-54. ISBN   978-1-906008-81-9. OCLC   751631667.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bettisfield Line and station closed		Cambrian Railways Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway		Whitchurch (Shropshire) Line closed, station open