Acrefair railway station (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌakrɛˈvɑɪr] ak-REH-vire) was a former station on the Ruabon–Barmouth line in North East Wales. It closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe.
Acrefair | |
|---|---|
 Location of the former station (1992) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Acrefair, Wrexham Wales |
| Coordinates | 52°58′46″N 3°04′27″W / 52.9795°N 3.0741°W |
| Grid reference | SJ27984300 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Vale of Llangollen Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 2 June 1862[1] | Opened |
| 2 November 1964 | Closed to goods |
| 18 January 1965[1] | Closed to passengers |
History edit
Although built by the Vale of Llangollen Railway, its services were operated by the Great Western Railway from the outset. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was closed by the British Transport Commission.
The station was built at a high-level above King Street, close to its junction with Llangollen Road. The line was double track between Ruabon and Llangollen and there was a signal box at Acrefair. The Ruabon Brook Tramway, a goods line from the local coalfields and clay works to Froncysyllte, passed immediately below the station, crossing King Street at street level via a gated crossing.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the classes of traffic being handled at this station in 1956 were G & P and there was a 3-ton crane.[2]
The site today edit
The course of the line here is now an access road though a small industrial estate.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruabon | Great Western Railway Ruabon Barmouth Line |
Trevor |
References edit
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 13.
- ^ 1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission
Sources edit
- 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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Further reading edit
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Ruabon to Barmouth. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 7-12. ISBN 9781906008840. OCLC 651922152.
External links edit
- Pictures and plan of the station [1]
- Station on navigable O.S. map
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