Sun Bank Halt railway station

Sun Bank Halt
General information
Location	Sun Bank & Trevor Uchaf, Wrexham Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
24 Jul 1905	Opened as Garth and Sun Bank Halt
1 July 1906	renamed
5 Jul 1950	Closed [1]
Location

Sun Bank Halt in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, was a minor station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. It opened as Garth & Sun Bank Halt in 1905 but was renamed on 1 July 1906. The line was double track and there was never a signal box nor freight facilities here.

On 7 September 1945, the bank of the Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union Canal failed, causing the trackbed to be washed away near the halt. A mail and freight train, hauled by GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 No. 6315, was derailed, killing one person and injuring two people. A fire broke out, destroying all but the brake van of the train's consist. ^[2]

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Trevor		Great Western Railway Ruabon Barmouth Line		Llangollen

References

1. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN   0-905466-19-5
2. Vaughan, Adrian (1989). Obstruction Danger. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Limited. pp. 80–88. ISBN   1-85260-055-1.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Ruabon to Barmouth. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 13-14. ISBN   9781906008840. OCLC   651922152.

External links

• Sun Bank Halt on navigable 1946 O.S. map

52°58′21″N3°07′47″W / 52.9726°N 3.1296°W / 52.9726; -3.1296