- Chirk railway station
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Chirk 
Y Waun 
Location Place Chirk Local authority Wrexham Coordinates 52°55′59″N 3°03′58″W / 52.933°N 3.066°WCoordinates: 52°55′59″N 3°03′58″W / 52.933°N 3.066°W Operations Station code CRK Managed by Arriva Trains Wales Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 32,094 2005/06 * 36,295 2006/07 * 42,762 2007/08 * 50,688 2008/09 * 56,562 2009/10 * 56,310 History Original company Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway Pre-grouping Great Western Railway 12 October 1848 Station opens[1] 13 July 1964 Closed to goods 1 March 1974 Unstaffed[2] National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chirk from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Chirk railway station (Welsh: gorsaf y Waun) serves the town of Chirk in the county borough of Wrexham, Wales. Chirk station is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line, which is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside. The original 19th century (grade 2 listed) Chirk / Y Waun station building was demolished in 1987, without consultation, by the local council.
Chirk was also the eastern terminus and transfer point for the Glyn Valley Tramway.
Contents
Historical services
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C and there was a 15 cwt crane.[3] At one time there was also a private siding into the Cadbury's factory from where cocoa liquor was sent to the chocolate factory at Bournville.
The Railway itself superseded the canal that runs parallel to the rail for the transportation of coal and other goods.
Current services
- Passenger
Trains run on two routes operated by Arriva Trains Wales:
- Hourly northbound service to Holyhead via Wrexham General and Chester.
- Hourly southbound service to Shrewsbury then continuing alternately to give a 2 hourly service to both Birmingham International and Cardiff Central
- Freight
To the north of Chirk station on the Up (southbound) side of the line is a private siding into the Kronospan chipboard factory. The siding receives a trainload of softwood from Kingmoor Yard, Cumbria five days a week (Monday to Friday), and additionally, between the months of April and October, up to three trains a week of softwood from Ribblehead, North Yorkshire. Since 2007 these timber trains have been operated to the Chirk Kronospan factory by Colas Rail Ltd.
References
- ^ Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. p.60
- ^ Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Station, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5
- ^ 1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission
External links
- Chester to Shrewsbury Rail Partnership
- Train times and station information for Chirk railway station from National Rail
- Chirk station on navigable 1946 O.S. map
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Gobowen Arriva Trains Wales
Shrewsbury to Chester LineRuabon Historical railways Trehowell Halt Great Western Railway
Shrewsbury to Chester LineWhitehurst Halt Categories:- Railway stations in Wrexham county borough
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1848
- Railway stations served by Arriva Trains Wales
- DfT Category F2 stations
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