Wynn Hall Halt railway station

Short-lived railway station in Bodylltyn, Wrexham County Borough

Wynn Hall

General information
Location| Bodylltyn, Denbighshire
Wales
Coordinates| 52°59′48″N 3°03′28″W﻿ / ﻿52.9967°N 3.0578°W﻿ / 52.9967; -3.0578
Grid reference| SJ291449
Platforms| 1
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping| Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 May 1905 (1905-05-01)| Opened
22 March 1915 (1915-03-22)| Closed

Wynn Hall Halt railway station co-served the hamlet of Bodylltyn, Denbighshire, Wales, from 1905 to 1915 on the Pontcysyllte branch.

## History

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The station was opened on 1 May 1905 by the Great Western Railway.[1] It was situated on the north side of the B5057. Nearby was Wynn Hall Colliery and a signal box which opened with the station. The colliery and spelter works adjacent had been the Northern end of the Ruabon Brook Tramway \- an early horse operated tramway taking goods down to the canal. The London and North Western Railway converted the tramway to a railway in the 1860s and in 1867 extended it northwards to the brickworks at Llwynenion just North of Rhosllannerchrugog. The halt was located where this new track diverged from the original tramway, although it wasn't built until after the GWR had built their connection into Rhosllannerchrugog (in 1901) and bought the Pontcysyllte Branch from the LNWR. When the colliery closed in 1909, passenger traffic was severely reduced. This was exacerbated with the success of the new bus service, thus the station closed on 22 March 1915.[2]

The use of a halt as a terminus for a passenger service sounds unusual, but the same approach was adopted for the nearby Minera Branch and the Legacy Branch, and in each case the line continued further for goods traffic only.

## References

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1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 467\. OCLC 931112387.
2. ^ "Disused Stations:Wynn Hall Halt". Disused Stations. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

Preceding station  |   | Disused railways  |   | Following station

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Terminus |   | Great Western Railway
Pontcysyllte branch |   | Pant Halt
Line and station closed

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