Overton-on-Dee railway station

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Overton-on-Dee
General information
LocationSoutheast of Overton-on-Dee, Wrexham County Borough
Wales
Coordinates 52°57′37″N2°54′43″W / 52.9603°N 2.9120°W / 52.9603; -2.9120 Coordinates: 52°57′37″N2°54′43″W / 52.9603°N 2.9120°W / 52.9603; -2.9120
Grid reference SJ388407
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
Pre-grouping Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
2 November 1895Opened [1]
10 June 1940Closed
6 May 1946reopened
10 Sept. 1962closed

Overton-on-Dee railway station was a station to the southeast of Overton-on-Dee, Wrexham, Wales at Lightwood Green. The station was opened on 2 November 1895 and closed on 10 September 1962. [1]

The station had a goods yard and adjacent livestock market. On the west side a creamery was built around 1919 operated by the Co-Operative Wholesale Society (CWS), and in 1928 with the adoption of milk tank wagons in place of milk churns a siding was extended to the creamery. The creamery closed just before WW2. Also adjacent to the station goods yard was the Overton Brick and Tile Works which closed around WW2 or shortly afterwards. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway, Overton-on-Dee railway station". CPAT. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. "Memories of Overton" (PDF). Retrieved 4 November 2021.

Further reading

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Cloy Halt
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
  Trench Halt
Line and station closed