Porthywaen Halt railway station

Porthywaen Halt
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
Grid reference	SJ270242
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Tanat Valley Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
6 January 1904	Opened
15 January 1951	Closed
Location

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.

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 189. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
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

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Branch Lines around Oswestry. Middleton Press. figs. 64-70. ISBN   9781906008604. OCLC   931221159.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Blodwell Junction Line and station closed		Cambrian Railways Tanat Valley Light Railway		Oswestry Line and station closed