Whitehurst Halt railway station

Whitehurst Halt
General information
Location	Whitehurst, Wrexham Wales
Coordinates	52°57′13″N3°03′48″W / 52.9537°N 3.0633°W / 52.9537; -3.0633
Grid reference	SJ285401
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
12 October 1848	Opened as Llangollen Road
1 July 1862	Closed [1]
1 October 1905	Reopened as Llangollen Road Halt
1 May 1906	Renamed Whitehurst Halt
12 September 1960	Closed [2] [3]
Location

Whitehurst Halt was a small railway station located on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line about a mile and a half north of Chirk in Wales, immediately on the north side of the 46-yard Whitehurst Tunnel. It was opened by the Great Western Railway as Llangollen Road Halt and the name was changed on 1 May 1906. ^[4]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Chirk		Great Western Railway Shrewsbury to Chester Line		Cefn

References

1. "Disused Stations: Whitehurst Halt". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
2. 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. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M. pp.146 & 248
3. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN   0-905466-19-5
4. Clinker, C.R., (1979) GWR Register of Halts & Platforms, Avon Anglia ISBN   0-905466-29-2

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Shrewsbury to Chester. Middleton Press. figs. 48-49. ISBN   9781906008703. OCLC   495274299.

External links

• Whitehurst Halt on navigable 1946 O.S. map