Rhosrobin Halt railway station
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Rhosrobin Halt was a minor railway station located on the Great Western Railway's
Paddington
to Birkenhead
line a few miles north of Wrexham
in Wales. Only local trains called here and freight was never handled at the station. The route is still open today as part of the Shrewsbury to Chester Line
. The station was located just south of Wheatsheaf Jc where the goods line from Cefn-y-Bedd
joined on the north side of the line. The double track on the Wrexham
to Chester
section was singled in the 1980s but there are plans to re-double at least part of the route.
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
Paddington
Paddington
Paddington is a district within the City of Westminster, in central London, England. Formerly a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965...
to Birkenhead
Birkenhead
Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. It is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite the city of Liverpool...
line a few miles north of Wrexham
Wrexham
Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...
in Wales. Only local trains called here and freight was never handled at the station. The route is still open today as part of the Shrewsbury to Chester Line
Shrewsbury to Chester Line
The Shrewsbury to Chester Line, also known as the Severn–Dee Line , was built in 1846 as the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway...
. The station was located just south of Wheatsheaf Jc where the goods line from Cefn-y-Bedd
Cefn-y-Bedd railway station
Cefn-y-bedd railway station serves the village of Cefn-y-bedd in Flintshire, Wales. The station is north of Wrexham General on the Borderlands Line.-Services:...
joined on the north side of the line. The double track on the Wrexham
Wrexham
Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...
to Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
section was singled in the 1980s but there are plans to re-double at least part of the route.