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on the western margin of the town. The WM&CQR Built an extension line with a new
Wrexham Central station; the short branch passed under the GWR line and ran east. It opened on 1 November 1887, and double track was installed on 1 September 1888. The branch may have been to facilitate the expected Ellesmere line, or it may have been to ensure retention of the Wrexham traffic for itself in the event the passengers deserted the Exchange station in favour of the more convenient Central station.
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The necessary finance was eventually arranged, and on 11 July 1892 the first sod of the
Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway was turned. Although only 12 miles (19 km) in extent, the line took three years in the building; there was a considerable extent of demolition of dwellings in Wrexham to make way
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The
Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway (WM&CQR) line ran into Wrexham from the north, and lay immediately to the west of the GWR line. The WM&CQR station ("Wrexham Exchange") and the Great Western Railway (GWR) station ("Wrexham General") were correspondingly alongside one another, both
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An ordnance depot was opened at
Marchwiel; it was titled ROF Wrexham, and its railway connection and branch line consisted of about nine miles of siding track. Moreover several other locations on the line were brought into army support use. So intensive was the goods traffic in this connection that
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To improve the flow of through traffic a triangular junction was laid at
Ellesmere in 1911 and the Wrexham-Oswestry curve was double-tracked as an extra crossing loop. As the union concept stagnated the curve fell out of use, and it was lifted in 1921 when it became clear that the through traffic
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Notwithstanding the sponsoring companies' objective, of by-passing the GWR route, it was not until 1895 that a west-to-north spur at
Ellesmere was authorised in Parliament. In fact it was not much used, and was soon closed, reopening in 1905. The lengthy and awkward route for heavy coal shipments
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Nevertheless, the line never developed a role as a through trunk route; it and the other lines necessary for a trunk journey were predominantly single track and slow, and the sponsoring railway companies were unwilling to expend the considerable sums that would have been necessary to realise that
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The line opened for ordinary passenger traffic on 2 November 1895. There were stations at
Marchwiel, Bangor-on-Dee and Overton-on-Dee; the line was single throughout with passing loops at the stations; the triangular junction at Ellesmere was operational from the start. The line was worked by the
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c. xvii) on 14 May 1895, for a west-to-north curve at
Ellesmere, that would allow through running there. In this period the company chairman and many of the directors were also officers or directors of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway or the WM&CQR, or the Cambrian Railways.
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was authorised to build its line on 1 August 1861, connecting these two competing networks, across largely agricultural terrain. Parliament ordered that construction should start from the
Whitchurch end, and the line opened from Whitchurch to Ellesmere for goods trains on 20 April 1863. It opened
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The transfer of passengers and goods transport to road vehicles had been experienced in the 1930s and now accelerated, so that the decline in use of the railway line was steep. Losses mounted and in 1960 it was announced that the line would be closed, excepting only a residual goods service from
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The
Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway was little used by passengers, serving a sparsely inhabited area. However the routing of through mineral trains brought a steady income and in 1913, the last year of independence, gross receipts totalled £10,836; the company paid 3 per cent dividends in the nine
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The object of the WM&CQ’S extension to Wrexham Central became apparent towards the end of 1884 with the announcement of plans for building a new line from Wrexham... to Ellesmere. The Wrexham & Ellesmere Railway was duly incorporated on 31 July 1885. The Manchester, Sheffield &
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from South Wales discouraged the LNWR from developing the traffic on this axis. There was some through passenger traffic from the Great Central Railway (as the MS&LR had become) system to Aberystwyth, but local traffic was small and the line's income was correspondingly limited.
482:, near Wrexham, and later at Cloy, Elson and Pickhill. However the passenger operation on the line was plainly loss-making, and the GWR eliminated the staffing at the intermediate stations, which became unstaffed halts. The motor-trolley system of track maintenance was introduced.
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Having obtained authorisation for the line in 1885, the proprietors of the Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway had to apply to Parliament for an extension of the time allowed for construction; this was secured in 1888 (extension to July 1893) and again in 1890 with the
415:; delivery of the girders was delayed, putting back the opening of the line. Although the line was single, overbridges were built for double track. A special excursion was run from Wrexham to Ellesmere on 2 July 1895, considerably in advance of obtaining the
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Wrexham was a centre of mineral extraction, and the London and North Western Railway was steadily developing interests in the district. A connection between Ellesmere and Wrexham would be a useful link in a chain of lines serving that purpose. The
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The Ellesmere loop allowing direct running towards Oswestry was not in fact much used. It fell into disuse by 1903; it was reopened in 1905 but again closed later. It may have seen its main existence after 1911; Christiansen and Miller say
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The line descended from each end to a low point near Bangor-on-Dee. Climbing away from that location in either direction involved gradients of 1 in 86 northwards and 1 in 81 southward, and a more or less continuous steep climb each way.
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MP. The capital was £180,000. However the economy suffered a serious trade depression at this time, and it proved impossible to raise the needed money. Worse was to follow in February 1888, when both Piercy and Robertson died.
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The new owners spent some money on improving the line, introducing the Electric Train Tablet system of signalling the single line, in place of the former Train Staff and Ticket system. A new halt was opened at
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Minerals extracted in the Wrexham area needed an outlet to points of consumption, and a group of mine owners and others met at the end of 1861 to discuss a new railway that would take the minerals to the
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Cambrian Railways. There were five or six passenger services in each direction in the early years. In summer a through train ran from Chester to Aberystwyth, using the west curve at Ellesmere.
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Wrexham to Cadbury's Creamery at Pickhill. The closure duly took place on 10 September 1962. The residual goods activity itself declined, and the line closed completely in May 1981.
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Following the cessation of hostilities, the passenger service was restored on 6 May 1946. A service of eight trains each way every weekday was put on, operated by auto-trains.
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The introduction of pull-and-push operation for local passenger services in 1913 was associated with new halts at Sesswick (October 1913) and Trench (December 1914).
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Note: all the intermediate stations on the line were closed to passengers on 10 June 1940, and reopened on 6 May 1946. They closed finally on 10 September 1962.
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c. xxv), when an extension to July 1895 was obtained. As the possible South Wales trunk route idea firmed up, the company also obtained powers, via the
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In fact a group of local companies in the area had been in negotiation about merging, and this took effect on 25 July 1864. Accordingly the
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An Act to extend the time for the purchase of Lands for and for the completion of the Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway and for other purposes.
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for the line, as the Central station terminus was converted to a through station. The route included a 58m single span crossing of the
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Ellesmere North Junction; convergence of the Ellesmere loop; called Wrexham Junction South Loop, according to Christiansen.
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ambition. Accordingly the line remained of local transport significance, with Wrexham forming the hub for local commerce.
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had an interest in the development also, and was prepared to collaborate with the LNWR in encouraging a local scheme.
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years to grouping. However the income was a small fraction of what had been forecast before construction.
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route, but this destiny was never realised, and the line was simply a rural branch. It was worked by the
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the suspension of the passenger service on the line was ordered; this took place from 10 June 1940.
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were built in preparation, located in the Northwest of the British Isles to be out of range of the
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which had been diverted via Whitchurch and Crewe as a wartime measure would never return.
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The Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway was incorporated by an act of Parliament, the
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The line had been conceived as part of a through route to by-pass the dominant
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already had a railway connection, since 1849; it was on a branch line from
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Wrexham Central; Great Central Railway (WM&CQR) station; still open.
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built a large water abstraction and treatment plant at Sesswick on the
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Additional halts were opened at Sesswick and Trench in 1913 and 1914.
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Former railway line between Ellesmere, England and Wrexham, Wales
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Ellesmere; Cambrian Railways station; closed 18 January 1965.
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James I C Boyd, The Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
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was then the largest town served by the Cambrian Railways.
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Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1890
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Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway (Extension of Time) Act 1890
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Cambrian Junction; divergence from the line to Oswestry.
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to help protect the site against reconnaissance. The
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1624:, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1967 and 1971,
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Wrexham Central station in 1959, looking south east
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2163:Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
1679:The Railways of Great Britain: A Historical Atlas
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2003:Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
419:inspector’s approval for passenger operation.
177:c. cl), on 31 July 1885, sponsored chiefly by
164:Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
54:The Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
46:effectively as part of that company's system.
2455:Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway
2318:Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction Railway
1953:Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
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1746:Atlas of the Great Western Railway as at 1947
1534:The Cambrian Railways: volume II: 1889 - 1968
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198:Christiansen sees the sequence differently:
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1463:. The site employed 13,000 workers, making
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2128:Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
2108:Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
2033:Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
1898:Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
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1764:Christiansen and Miller, volume 2, page 22
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1726:Christiansen and Miller, volume 2, page 75
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1622:The Cambrian Railways: volume I: 1852-1888
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102:Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway
2707:1861 establishments in the United Kingdom
2098:North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway
2088:Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
2058:Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway
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1406:Marchwiel Royal Ordnance Factory Sidings.
157:The Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway in 1895
2586:Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway
1918:Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway
1748:, Wild Swan Publications, Didcot, 1997,
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2384:Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
2123:Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway
2073:Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company
1555:Stanley C. Jenkins and John M Strange,
1501:Welsh Railways Through Traffic Act 1889
1390:Overton-on-Dee; opened 2 November 1895.
139:Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
128:Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
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2475:Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway
1948:Clarbeston Road and Letterston Railway
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1396:Bangor-on-Dee; opened 2 November 1895.
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497:The year 1939 marked the beginning of
385:Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway Act 1895
289:Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway Act 1895
171:Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway Act 1885
2687:Railway companies established in 1861
2078:Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway
1913:Bristol and South Wales Union Railway
1809:
1738:
1735:Jenkins and Strange, pages 139 to 142
1711:
1603:, David St John Thomas, Nairn, 1991,
1536:, David & CHarles, Newton Abbot,
1263:Wrexham, Mold & Connah's Quay Rly
620:
353:Text of statute as originally enacted
2339:Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway
2203:Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
1779:
1767:
137:for shipment. The scheme became the
93:main line, at this time part of the
2697:Transport in Wrexham County Borough
2470:Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway
1943:Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad
1863:Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
1699:Jenkins and Strange, pages 61 to 64
1690:Jenkins and Strange, pages 35 to 51
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1665:Jenkins and Strange, pages 29 to 31
1643:, Oakwood Press, Headington, 1991,
1635:
1583:Jenkins and Strange, pages 19 to 21
1402:Sesswick Halt; opened October 1913.
1384:Elson Halt; opened 8 February 1937.
466:Grouping of the railways, and later
13:
1968:Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway
1413:Hightown Halt; opened 9 July 1923.
1410:Marchwiel; opened 2 November 1895.
1399:Pickhill Halt; opened 30 May 1938.
1387:Trench Halt; opened November 1914.
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631:
14:
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2445:North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways
2440:Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway
2364:North Wales and Liverpool Railway
2283:Chester and Connah's Quay Railway
1620:Rex Christiansen and R W Miller,
1557:The Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
1532:Rex Christiansen and R W Miller,
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23:was a railway line that ran from
2606:Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway
2374:Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway
2349:Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway
2013:Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway
1993:Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
1836:Historic Welsh railway companies
1785:G.M.Edwards, RCAHMW, 2003-09-25
1559:, The Oakwood Press, Usk, 2004,
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236:Parliament of the United Kingdom
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79:London and North Western Railway
2465:Pwllheli and Llanbedrog Tramway
2369:Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
2273:Central Wales Extension Railway
2258:Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway
2138:Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway
2093:Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
1973:Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway
1938:Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
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1773:B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 2003-08-29
1681:, Ian Allan Limited, Shepperton
1430:Royal Ordnance Factory, Wrexham
1214:
1144:
1029:
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114:Newtown and Machynlleth Railway
2313:Swansea and Carmarthen Railway
2253:Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway
2158:Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
2068:Monmouth and Hereford Railway
2048:Manchester and Milford Railway
2018:Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
1493:
1307:Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
1065:
992:Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
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962:
448:
118:Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
1:
2641:Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry tramways
2420:Festiniog and Blaenau Railway
2344:Nantybwch and Rhymney Railway
2223:Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
2213:Whitland and Cardigan Railway
2023:Llangollen and Corwen Railway
1798:A History of Water in Wrexham
1708:Jenkins and Strange, page 127
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557:Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
149:Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
21:Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
2702:Rail transport in Shropshire
2692:Railway lines opened in 1865
2278:Chester and Holyhead Railway
2248:Bangor and Carnarvon Railway
2113:Oswestry and Newtown Railway
1983:Ely Valley Extension Railway
110:Oswestry and Newtown Railway
105:throughout on 27 July 1864.
7:
2485:Swansea and Mumbles Railway
2460:Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway
2288:Conway and Llanrwst Railway
2103:North Wales Mineral Railway
1868:Alexandra Docks and Railway
1289:
1240:
1084:
203:Lincolnshire chairman, Sir
10:
2723:
2546:Crawshay's Private Railway
2521:Beaufort Ironworks Tramway
2389:Wrexham and Minera Railway
2188:Vale of Llangollen Railway
2178:Tanat Valley Light Railway
2118:Pembroke and Tenby Railway
1988:Gwendraeth Valleys Railway
1933:Cardiff and Ogmore Railway
1903:Brecon and Merthyr Railway
1878:Bala and Festiniog Railway
1433:
1176:Wrexham and Minera Railway
434:The west loop at Ellesmere
282:United Kingdom legislation
211:United Kingdom legislation
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2397:
2331:
2303:Red Wharf Bay branch line
2231:
2183:Vale of Glamorgan Railway
2153:Ross and Monmouth Railway
2038:Llynvi and Ogmore Railway
1873:Bala and Dolgelly Railway
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2243:Anglesey Central Railway
2083:Neath and Brecon Railway
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398:Construction and opening
364:A train at Bangor-on-Dee
2198:Vale of Rheidol Railway
1963:Corwen and Bala Railway
1858:Aberdare Valley Railway
190:Wrexham Central station
89:, on the Shrewsbury to
2631:Penrhyn Quarry Railway
2611:Merionethshire Railway
2500:Welsh Highland Railway
2263:Carnarvonshire Railway
1883:Barry Dock and Railway
1788:(Retrieved 2011-01-05)
1776:(Retrieved 2011-01-05)
1457:Royal Ordnance Factory
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2656:Trefor Quarry railway
2536:Cedryn Quarry Tramway
2323:Vale of Clwyd Railway
2268:Central Wales Railway
2193:Vale of Neath Railway
457:Financial performance
441:
406:Bangor-on-Dee station
405:
363:
200:
156:
95:Great Western Railway
61:
40:Great Western Railway
2651:Saundersfoot Railway
2379:Vale of Towy Railway
2354:Taff Bargoed Railway
2208:West Midland Railway
2581:Elan Valley Railway
2509:Industrial railways
2435:Kinmel Camp Railway
2425:Glyn Valley Tramway
2168:South Wales Railway
2133:Port Talbot Railway
1632:, pages 100 and 101
1611:, pages 161 and 162
1440:In the build-up to
1169:Wheatsheaf Junction
27:in North Wales, to
2636:Penydarren Tramway
2596:Hendre-Ddu Tramway
2551:Crickheath Tramway
2415:Ffestiniog Railway
2410:Fairbourne Railway
2218:Wye Valley Railway
1978:Ely Valley Railway
1893:Blaenavon Tramroad
1119:WMCQ Brymbo Branch
1113:Gwersyllt Junction
408:
366:
159:
81:, opened in 1858.
64:
2682:Cambrian Railways
2669:
2668:
2591:Gorseddau Tramway
2516:Bailey's Tramroad
2398:Independent lines
2173:Taff Vale Railway
2063:Mid-Wales Railway
2008:Llancaiach Branch
1923:Cambrian Railways
1599:Peter E Baughan,
1499:Supported by the
1473:Ministry of Works
1367:
1366:
1363:
1362:
1320:
1319:
1276:
1275:
1181:
1180:
1124:
1123:
1005:
1004:
949:
948:
737:
736:
603:
602:
472:Railways Act 1921
391:58 & 59 Vict.
379:53 & 54 Vict.
358:
357:
330:58 & 59 Vict.
295:Act of Parliament
280:
279:
259:53 & 54 Vict.
224:Act of Parliament
175:48 & 49 Vict.
122:Cambrian Railways
77:main line of the
44:Cambrian Railways
2714:
2661:Tremadoc Tramway
2646:Rhiwbach Tramway
2566:Dinorwic Railway
2531:Buckley Tramroad
2526:Bryn Oer Tramway
2490:Talyllyn Railway
2298:Llanelly Railway
2293:Knighton Railway
2233:London and North
2028:Llangurig branch
1908:Bridgend Railway
1853:Aberdare Railway
1830:
1823:
1816:
1807:
1806:
1800:
1795:
1789:
1783:
1777:
1771:
1765:
1762:
1756:
1742:
1736:
1733:
1727:
1724:
1718:
1715:
1709:
1706:
1700:
1697:
1691:
1688:
1682:
1675:
1666:
1663:
1652:
1639:
1633:
1618:
1612:
1597:
1584:
1581:
1568:
1553:
1544:
1530:
1504:
1497:
1481:Dee Valley Water
1446:shadow factories
1338:
1337:
1303:
1292:
1291:
1259:
1250:
1249:
1243:
1242:
1224:
1223:
1217:
1216:
1209:
1208:
1201:
1200:
1165:
1154:
1153:
1147:
1146:
1140:
1139:
1110:
1101:
1100:
1094:
1093:
1087:
1086:
1068:
1067:
1061:
1060:
1039:
1038:
1032:
1031:
1023:
1022:
988:
979:
978:
972:
971:
965:
964:
937:
924:
923:
916:
915:
909:
908:
885:
884:
863:
862:
841:
840:
819:
818:
797:
796:
775:
774:
753:
752:
725:
716:
715:
694:
693:
672:
671:
650:
649:
643:
642:
634:
633:
623:
622:
606:
582:
574:
573:
550:
543:
536:
527:
387:
386:
375:
374:
304:
303:
290:
285:
284:
233:
232:
219:
214:
213:
2722:
2721:
2717:
2716:
2715:
2713:
2712:
2711:
2672:
2671:
2670:
2665:
2621:Nantlle Tramway
2571:Dowlais Railway
2561:Deeside Tramway
2556:Croesor Tramway
2504:
2393:
2359:Buckley Railway
2327:
2308:Sirhowy Railway
2235:Western Railway
2234:
2227:
2143:Rhymney Railway
2053:Mawddwy Railway
1998:Kington Tramway
1928:Cardiff Railway
1844:
1837:
1834:
1804:
1803:
1796:
1792:
1784:
1780:
1772:
1768:
1763:
1759:
1743:
1739:
1734:
1730:
1725:
1721:
1716:
1712:
1707:
1703:
1698:
1694:
1689:
1685:
1676:
1669:
1664:
1655:
1640:
1636:
1619:
1615:
1598:
1587:
1582:
1571:
1567:, pages 9 to 13
1554:
1547:
1531:
1518:
1513:
1508:
1507:
1498:
1494:
1489:
1438:
1432:
1423:
1339:
1324:
1323:
1322:
1293:
1278:
1251:
1244:
1225:
1218:
1211:
1210:
1203:
1202:
1185:
1184:
1183:
1155:
1148:
1141:
1126:
1102:
1095:
1088:
1069:
1062:
1046:Wrexham General
1040:
1033:
1026:
1025:
1024:
1007:
980:
973:
966:
951:
932:Wrexham Central
926:
925:
918:
917:
910:
886:
864:
842:
820:
798:
776:
754:
739:
717:
695:
673:
651:
644:
637:
636:
635:
626:
625:
624:
607:
578:
568:
559:
558:
554:
523:
511:
495:
468:
459:
451:
436:
400:
384:
383:
372:
371:
309:
301:
288:
283:
238:
230:
217:
212:
192:
183:Henry Robertson
179:Benjamin Piercy
151:
130:
56:
17:
12:
11:
5:
2720:
2710:
2709:
2704:
2699:
2694:
2689:
2684:
2667:
2666:
2664:
2663:
2658:
2653:
2648:
2643:
2638:
2633:
2628:
2626:Padarn Railway
2623:
2618:
2613:
2608:
2603:
2598:
2593:
2588:
2583:
2578:
2576:Eigiau Tramway
2573:
2568:
2563:
2558:
2553:
2548:
2543:
2541:Cowlyd Tramway
2538:
2533:
2528:
2523:
2518:
2512:
2510:
2506:
2505:
2503:
2502:
2497:
2492:
2487:
2482:
2477:
2472:
2467:
2462:
2457:
2452:
2447:
2442:
2437:
2432:
2427:
2422:
2417:
2412:
2407:
2401:
2399:
2395:
2394:
2392:
2391:
2386:
2381:
2376:
2371:
2366:
2361:
2356:
2351:
2346:
2341:
2335:
2333:
2329:
2328:
2326:
2325:
2320:
2315:
2310:
2305:
2300:
2295:
2290:
2285:
2280:
2275:
2270:
2265:
2260:
2255:
2250:
2245:
2239:
2237:
2229:
2228:
2226:
2225:
2220:
2215:
2210:
2205:
2200:
2195:
2190:
2185:
2180:
2175:
2170:
2165:
2160:
2155:
2150:
2148:Rumney Railway
2145:
2140:
2135:
2130:
2125:
2120:
2115:
2110:
2105:
2100:
2095:
2090:
2085:
2080:
2075:
2070:
2065:
2060:
2055:
2050:
2045:
2040:
2035:
2030:
2025:
2020:
2015:
2010:
2005:
2000:
1995:
1990:
1985:
1980:
1975:
1970:
1965:
1960:
1958:Corris Railway
1955:
1950:
1945:
1940:
1935:
1930:
1925:
1920:
1915:
1910:
1905:
1900:
1895:
1890:
1885:
1880:
1875:
1870:
1865:
1860:
1855:
1849:
1847:
1839:
1838:
1833:
1832:
1825:
1818:
1810:
1802:
1801:
1790:
1778:
1766:
1757:
1737:
1728:
1719:
1710:
1701:
1692:
1683:
1677:Col M H Cobb,
1667:
1653:
1634:
1613:
1585:
1569:
1545:
1515:
1514:
1512:
1509:
1506:
1505:
1491:
1490:
1488:
1485:
1444:, a number of
1434:Main article:
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1428:
1422:
1419:
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1414:
1411:
1408:
1403:
1400:
1397:
1394:
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1385:
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1379:
1376:
1365:
1364:
1361:
1360:
1358:
1356:
1354:
1352:
1350:
1348:
1345:
1344:
1342:
1340:
1333:
1331:
1329:
1326:
1325:
1318:
1317:
1310:
1309:
1300:
1299:
1298:
1296:
1294:
1287:
1285:
1283:
1280:
1279:
1274:
1273:
1266:
1265:
1256:
1254:
1252:
1245:
1238:
1236:
1234:
1231:
1230:
1228:
1226:
1219:
1212:
1204:
1196:
1195:
1194:
1192:
1190:
1187:
1186:
1179:
1178:
1172:
1171:
1162:
1161:
1160:
1158:
1156:
1149:
1142:
1135:
1133:
1131:
1128:
1127:
1122:
1121:
1115:
1114:
1107:
1105:
1103:
1096:
1089:
1082:
1080:
1078:
1075:
1074:
1072:
1070:
1063:
1056:
1054:
1052:
1049:
1048:
1043:
1041:
1034:
1027:
1018:
1017:
1016:
1014:
1012:
1009:
1008:
1003:
1002:
995:
994:
985:
983:
981:
974:
967:
960:
958:
956:
953:
952:
947:
946:
942:
941:
934:
929:
927:
919:
911:
904:
903:
902:
900:
898:
895:
894:
889:
887:
880:
878:
876:
873:
872:
867:
865:
858:
856:
854:
851:
850:
845:
843:
836:
834:
832:
829:
828:
823:
821:
814:
812:
810:
807:
806:
801:
799:
792:
790:
788:
785:
784:
779:
777:
770:
768:
766:
763:
762:
760:Overton-on-Dee
757:
755:
748:
746:
744:
741:
740:
735:
734:
730:
729:
722:
720:
718:
711:
709:
707:
704:
703:
698:
696:
689:
687:
685:
682:
681:
676:
674:
667:
665:
663:
660:
659:
654:
652:
645:
638:
629:
628:
627:
618:
617:
616:
614:
612:
609:
608:
601:
600:
589:
588:
577:
570:
569:
564:
561:
560:
556:
555:
553:
552:
545:
538:
530:
522:
519:
510:
507:
494:
491:
467:
464:
458:
455:
450:
447:
435:
432:
417:Board of Trade
399:
396:
356:
355:
349:
348:
345:
339:
338:
334:
333:
327:
321:
320:
317:
311:
310:
305:
297:
296:
292:
291:
281:
278:
277:
274:
268:
267:
263:
262:
256:
250:
249:
246:
240:
239:
234:
226:
225:
221:
220:
210:
191:
188:
150:
147:
129:
126:
55:
52:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
2719:
2708:
2705:
2703:
2700:
2698:
2695:
2693:
2690:
2688:
2685:
2683:
2680:
2679:
2677:
2662:
2659:
2657:
2654:
2652:
2649:
2647:
2644:
2642:
2639:
2637:
2634:
2632:
2629:
2627:
2624:
2622:
2619:
2617:
2616:Morda Tramway
2614:
2612:
2609:
2607:
2604:
2602:
2601:Kerry Tramway
2599:
2597:
2594:
2592:
2589:
2587:
2584:
2582:
2579:
2577:
2574:
2572:
2569:
2567:
2564:
2562:
2559:
2557:
2554:
2552:
2549:
2547:
2544:
2542:
2539:
2537:
2534:
2532:
2529:
2527:
2524:
2522:
2519:
2517:
2514:
2513:
2511:
2507:
2501:
2498:
2496:
2493:
2491:
2488:
2486:
2483:
2481:
2478:
2476:
2473:
2471:
2468:
2466:
2463:
2461:
2458:
2456:
2453:
2451:
2448:
2446:
2443:
2441:
2438:
2436:
2433:
2431:
2428:
2426:
2423:
2421:
2418:
2416:
2413:
2411:
2408:
2406:
2403:
2402:
2400:
2396:
2390:
2387:
2385:
2382:
2380:
2377:
2375:
2372:
2370:
2367:
2365:
2362:
2360:
2357:
2355:
2352:
2350:
2347:
2345:
2342:
2340:
2337:
2336:
2334:
2330:
2324:
2321:
2319:
2316:
2314:
2311:
2309:
2306:
2304:
2301:
2299:
2296:
2294:
2291:
2289:
2286:
2284:
2281:
2279:
2276:
2274:
2271:
2269:
2266:
2264:
2261:
2259:
2256:
2254:
2251:
2249:
2246:
2244:
2241:
2240:
2238:
2236:
2230:
2224:
2221:
2219:
2216:
2214:
2211:
2209:
2206:
2204:
2201:
2199:
2196:
2194:
2191:
2189:
2186:
2184:
2181:
2179:
2176:
2174:
2171:
2169:
2166:
2164:
2161:
2159:
2156:
2154:
2151:
2149:
2146:
2144:
2141:
2139:
2136:
2134:
2131:
2129:
2126:
2124:
2121:
2119:
2116:
2114:
2111:
2109:
2106:
2104:
2101:
2099:
2096:
2094:
2091:
2089:
2086:
2084:
2081:
2079:
2076:
2074:
2071:
2069:
2066:
2064:
2061:
2059:
2056:
2054:
2051:
2049:
2046:
2044:
2043:Maerdy Branch
2041:
2039:
2036:
2034:
2031:
2029:
2026:
2024:
2021:
2019:
2016:
2014:
2011:
2009:
2006:
2004:
2001:
1999:
1996:
1994:
1991:
1989:
1986:
1984:
1981:
1979:
1976:
1974:
1971:
1969:
1966:
1964:
1961:
1959:
1956:
1954:
1951:
1949:
1946:
1944:
1941:
1939:
1936:
1934:
1931:
1929:
1926:
1924:
1921:
1919:
1916:
1914:
1911:
1909:
1906:
1904:
1901:
1899:
1896:
1894:
1891:
1889:
1888:Barry Railway
1886:
1884:
1881:
1879:
1876:
1874:
1871:
1869:
1866:
1864:
1861:
1859:
1856:
1854:
1851:
1850:
1848:
1846:
1843:Great Western
1840:
1831:
1826:
1824:
1819:
1817:
1812:
1811:
1808:
1799:
1794:
1787:
1782:
1775:
1770:
1761:
1755:
1754:1 874103 38 0
1751:
1747:
1741:
1732:
1723:
1714:
1705:
1696:
1687:
1680:
1674:
1672:
1662:
1660:
1658:
1651:
1650:
1649:0 85361 417 2
1646:
1638:
1631:
1630:0 7153 5236 9
1627:
1623:
1617:
1610:
1609:0 946537 59 3
1606:
1602:
1596:
1594:
1592:
1590:
1580:
1578:
1576:
1574:
1566:
1565:0 85361 617 5
1562:
1558:
1552:
1550:
1543:
1542:0 7153 4220 7
1539:
1535:
1529:
1527:
1525:
1523:
1521:
1516:
1502:
1496:
1492:
1484:
1482:
1478:
1474:
1470:
1466:
1462:
1458:
1453:
1451:
1447:
1443:
1437:
1427:
1415:
1412:
1409:
1407:
1404:
1401:
1398:
1395:
1392:
1389:
1386:
1383:
1380:
1377:
1374:
1373:
1372:
1371:
1359:
1357:
1355:
1353:
1351:
1349:
1347:
1346:
1341:
1332:
1330:
1327:
1316:
1312:
1311:
1308:
1305:
1304:
1295:
1286:
1284:
1281:
1272:
1268:
1267:
1264:
1261:
1260:
1253:
1237:
1235:
1232:
1227:
1193:
1191:
1188:
1177:
1174:
1173:
1170:
1167:
1166:
1157:
1134:
1132:
1129:
1120:
1117:
1116:
1112:
1111:
1104:
1081:
1079:
1076:
1071:
1055:
1053:
1050:
1047:
1042:
1015:
1013:
1010:
1001:
997:
996:
993:
990:
989:
982:
959:
957:
954:
944:
943:
939:
938:
933:
928:
901:
899:
896:
893:
892:Hightown Halt
888:
879:
877:
874:
871:
866:
857:
855:
852:
849:
848:Sesswick Halt
844:
835:
833:
830:
827:
826:Pickhill Halt
822:
813:
811:
808:
805:
804:Bangor-on-Dee
800:
791:
789:
786:
783:
778:
769:
767:
764:
761:
756:
747:
745:
742:
732:
731:
727:
726:
719:
710:
708:
705:
702:
697:
688:
686:
683:
680:
675:
666:
664:
661:
658:
653:
615:
613:
610:
605:
599:
595:
591:
590:
587:
584:
583:
575:
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562:
551:
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539:
537:
532:
531:
529:
528:
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521:Location list
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1461:ROF Wrexham
1436:ROF Wrexham
701:Trench Halt
449:Auto trains
347:14 May 1895
276:22 May 1890
69:was on the
2676:Categories
1511:References
1421:Topography
1000:Shrewsbury
679:Elson Halt
594:Whitchurch
315:Long title
244:Long title
71:Shrewsbury
67:Whitchurch
33:Shropshire
1477:River Dee
1450:Luftwaffe
870:Marchwiel
782:Cloy Halt
657:Ellesmere
413:River Dee
135:River Dee
29:Ellesmere
598:Oswestry
480:Hightown
325:Citation
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83:Oswestry
1845:Railway
1469:in situ
1465:cordite
1315:Chester
1271:Shotton
728:England
332:c. xvii
143:Buckley
91:Chester
87:Gobowen
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261:c. xxv
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