Fenn's Bank railway station
Fenn's Bank | |
|---|---|
 The site of the station in 1997 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Bronington, Wrexham County Borough Wales |
| Coordinates | 52°56′49″N 2°43′54″W / 52.9469°N 2.7316°W |
| Grid reference | SJ510392 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Opened | 4 May 1863[1] |
| Closed | 18 January 1965[1] |
| Original company | Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Fenn's Bank railway station was a station in Bronington, Wrexham, Wales. The station was opened on 4 May 1863 and closed on 18 January 1965.[1]
Details
[edit]The station was situated on the edge of Fenn's Moss, now part of the Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve. The formation runs from south-west to north-east, and a bridge carried a minor road across the tracks immediately to the west of the station. There was a single platform to the north of the tracks, with a single storey building on the platform. In 1893, there was a passing loop, which was only used by goods trains, and a siding to serve a goods yard. The passing loop continued through the bridge to the south-west, to serve a brickyard and kiln.[2] By 1899, a second siding had been laid into the goods yard, and the northern end of the passing loop had been continued along an embankment as a siding. It ran alongside the main line almost to the point at which is crossed the Shropshire Union Canal. At the southern end, a new clay pit had been opened on the north side of the main line, which was connected to Fenn's Brick and Tile Works by a short section of track that passed under the main line. The buildings had been extended, and there was a balloon loop around a circular structure. An extra siding turned off the line to the Brick Works, and entered a transshipment shed, which also accommodated a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge line bringing peat from Fenn's and Whixall Mosses.[3] The tramway was operated by the Peat Moss Litter Company.[4] The layout in 1912 was similar, except that the balloon loop had been split into two sidings, one on either side of the circular structure.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Station Name: Fenn's Bank". Disused Stations. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "1:2500 map". Ordnance Survey. 1894.
- ^ "1:2500 map". Ordnance Survey. 1899.
- ^ Jenkins & Loader 2015, p. 23.
- ^ "1:2500 map". Ordnance Survey. 1912.
Bibliography
[edit]- Jenkins, Stanley C; Loader, Martin (2015). The Great Western Railway Volume 5: Shrewsbury to Pwllheli. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4456-4286-4.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Oswestry to Whitchurch. Middleton Press. figs. 51-54. ISBN 978-1-906008-81-9. OCLC 751631667.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettisfield Line and station closed |
Cambrian Railways Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway |
Whitchurch (Shropshire) Line closed, station open |
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