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Llangollen Road railway station

Whitehurst Halt
Location
Place Whitehurst
Area Wrexham
Operations
Original company Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
12 October 1848 Opened as Llangollen Road
June 1852 Closed
1 October 1905 Reopened as Llangollen Road Halt
1 May 1906 Renamed Whitehurst Halt
12 September 1960 Closed
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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.

Coordinates: 52°57′13″N 3°03′48″W / 52.9537°N 3.0633°W / 52.9537; -3.0633



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