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Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway

Dates

27/07/1846	North Wales Mineral Railway Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway Shrewsbury and Chester Railway North Wales Mineral Railway merges with the Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway to form the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.

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Ruabon

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North Wales Mineral Railway

67013 'Dyfrbont Pontcysyilte' on the 14.10 southbound Wrexham, Shropshire and Marylebone departure to London stands at Ruabon Station on 15 October. ...
David Pesterfield 15/10/2008

The blocked off redundant section of the station footbridge that once spanned the goods lines behind platform 2 on the west side of Ruabon Station, ...
David Pesterfield 15/12/2009

A near 150mm layer of snow has almost engulfed Ruabon Station. View north towards Wrexham from the station footbridge on 27 March 2013. ...
David Pesterfield 27/03/2013

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Llangollen Line Junction

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Vale of Llangollen Railway

Rhosymedre Halt

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Cefn

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Rhosymedre

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Ffron Wharf

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Whitehurst Halt

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Chirk

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A TfW service to Chester arrives at Chirk in September 2019. The view is northwards. ...
John McIntyre 20/09/2019

A Transport for Wales Class 158 departs from Chirk on 20 September 2019 with a service to Chester. Meanwhile one of the station volunteers is watering ...
John McIntyre 20/09/2019

A northbound service approaches Chirk station in February 2011. The southern ends of the platforms are out of use. To the right was the former Glyn ...
Ewan Crawford 21/02/2011

47056 running between Weston Rhyn and Chirk on the Shrewsbury to Chester line in June 1974 with a northbound train of what appear to be empty single ...
Bill Jamieson 04/06/1974

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Chirk Viaduct

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Viaducts in the morning mist. This view looks west to the Chirk Viaduct and beyond it the Chirk Aquaduct. ...
Ewan Crawford 21/02/2011

A northbound TfW Class 150 crosses the Chirk Viaduct on 20 September 2019 watched by walkers on the towpath on the Chirk Aqueduct which carries the ...
John McIntyre 20/09/2019

Chirk Aqueduct (left), on the former Ellesmere and Chester Canal, was later paralleled by Chirk Viaduct (right) of the Shrewsbury Oswestry and Chester ...
Ewan Crawford 21/02/2011

40185 comes off Chirk Viaduct with a southbound block oil train, probably from the Stanlow refinery, in June 1974. The 'J' in the reporting code ...
Bill Jamieson 04/06/1974

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Trehowell Halt

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Preesgweene

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Gobowen

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Gobowen looking north. Some canopies may have gone and the footbridge but this is still a fine station. ...
Ewan Crawford 10/07/2006

Wolverhampton based ex-GWR Castle class 4-6-0 no 5019 Treago Castle at the head of a train thought to be just north of Gobowen heading for ...
David Stewart /08/1960

GWR style running in board at the north end of Gobowen up platform in October 2012. ...
David Pesterfield 01/10/2012

A pleasant August afternoon at Gobowen station in 1960, with Worcester based Modified Hall 4-6-0 no 6984 Owsden Hall at the platform awaiting ...
David Stewart /08/1960

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Oswestry [1st]

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Whittington Low Level

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Whittington Low Level station, on the Chester to Shrewsbury route, closed in 1960. Despite a number of vigorous local campaigns it has never reopened ...
Mark Bartlett 17/09/2009

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Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway

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Locations along the line

Ruabon

Llangollen Line Junction

Rhosymedre Halt

Cefn

Rhosymedre

Ffron Wharf

Whitehurst Halt

Chirk

Chirk Viaduct

Trehowell Halt

Preesgweene

Gobowen

Oswestry [1st]

Whittington Low Level

Rednal and West Felton

Haughton Halt

Stanwardine Halt

Baschurch

Oldwoods Halt

Leaton

Shrewsbury [Shrewsbury and Chester]

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