Star Crossing Halt railway station

Star Crossing Halt
General information
Location	Between Nannerch and Cilcain, Flintshire Wales
Coordinates	53°12′05″N3°14′09″W / 53.2015°N 3.2357°W / 53.2015; -3.2357
Grid reference	SJ175678
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 November 1914	Opened [1]
1 January 1917	closed
1 July 1919	opened
30 April 1962	Closed [1]
Location

Star Crossing Halt railway station was a station between Nannerch and Cilcain, Flintshire, Wales. The station was opened on 2 November 1914, closed in 1916 due to WW1, but re-opened in the summer of 1919, ^[2] and closed finally on 30 April 1962. ^{[1] [3]} Today the stationmaster's house is in use as private residence and the platforms and a waiting shelter are still extant. ^[1]

References

1. "Station Name: Star Crossing". Disused Stations. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
2. "Railway Stations Re-Opened". Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser. 5 July 1919. p. 7.
3. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 402. OCLC   931112387.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 55-56. ISBN   9781908174321. OCLC   814270878.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Nannerch Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway		Rhydymwyn Line and station closed