Weston Rhyn railway station
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Weston Rhyn railway station was a minor station on the Great Western Railway
's London to Birkenhead main line serving the villages of Weston Rhyn
and Preesgweene in England. It had an adjacent signal box and level crossing and immediately to the south were Up & Down Goods Loops. It had originally opened as Preesgweene (or Presgwyn?) and closed for the first time in March 1855. It re-opened as Preesgweene in November 1871 and was re-named Weston Rhyn in February 1935 Although the station is gone the railway is still open today as part of the Shrewsbury to Chester Line
.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations
the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P and there was no crane. Additionally, the National Coal Board
had sidings on the east side of the line serving Ifton colliery.
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...
's London to Birkenhead main line serving the villages of Weston Rhyn
Weston Rhyn
Weston Rhyn is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies between the towns of Chirk, in Wales, and Oswestry, in England....
and Preesgweene in England. It had an adjacent signal box and level crossing and immediately to the south were Up & Down Goods Loops. It had originally opened as Preesgweene (or Presgwyn?) and closed for the first time in March 1855. It re-opened as Preesgweene in November 1871 and was re-named Weston Rhyn in February 1935 Although the station is gone the railway 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...
.
Historical services
Express trains did not call there and it would have been served by West Midlands & Shrewsbury to Wrexham & Chester local trains; typically about half a dozen trains a day.According to the Official Handbook of Stations
Official Handbook of Stations
The Official Handbook of Stations was a large listing all the passenger and goods stations and private sidings on the railways of Great Britain and Ireland...
the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P and there was no crane. Additionally, the National Coal Board
National Coal Board
The National Coal Board was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the mines on "vesting day", 1 January 1947...
had sidings on the east side of the line serving Ifton colliery.