Porthywaen Halt railway station

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Porthywaen Halt
Porthywaen Halt, near Llynclys - geograph.org.uk - 155442.jpg
The site of Porthywaen Halt, in 2006
General information
Location Porth-y-waen, Shropshire
England
Coordinates 52°48′39″N3°04′57″W / 52.8107°N 3.0826°W / 52.8107; -3.0826 Coordinates: 52°48′39″N3°04′57″W / 52.8107°N 3.0826°W / 52.8107; -3.0826
Grid reference SJ270242
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Tanat Valley Light Railway
Pre-grouping Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Key dates
6 January 1904Opened [1]
15 January 1951Closed [1]

Porthywaen Halt railway station was a station in Porth-y-waen, Shropshire, England, on the Tanat Valley Railway and the Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway. The station opened in 1904 and closed in 1951. [1] [2] The short platform had a shelter and there was also signal box at the east end which controlled access to the quarry branches. Cambrian Heritage Railways has plans to re-open the station as part of its aim of reopening the line from Gobowen to Blodwel. The platform is still extant.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Stations". Shropshire Railways. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 349. OCLC   931112387.

Further reading

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Blodwell Junction
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Tanat Valley Light Railway
  Oswestry
Line and station closed