Index
- Bidston to Wrexham Home
- Bidston
- Upton
- Storeton
- Heswall
- Neston
- Burton
- Sealand Rifle Range
- Golf Club Platform
- Chester Golf Club Halt
- Hawarden Bridge
- Hawarden
- Buckley 2nd
- Hope Exchange
- Penyffordd
- Hope
- Caergwrle
- Cefn-y-Bedd
- Gwersyllt
- Rhosddu Halt
- Wrexham Exchange
- Wrexham General
- Wrexham Central 1st
- Wrexham Central 2nd
Wrexham Central 1st
(1887 - 1998)
Wrexham Central station became the southern terminus of the when the line opened its extension into the centre of the town on the November 1 1887
The line from Wrexham Exchange to Wrexham Central was a single track and Central station was provided with one platform. The station facilities were located in a basic timber built building. Goods facilities were located to the west of the station. At the time of opening Wrexham Central had six trains per day that ran to Buckley
In July 1892 Wrexham Central was rebuilt with five platform faces. Only two of the platforms were through platforms. On the north side of the station site there were two terminus platforms which were numbered 1 and 2. Then there were the two through platforms numbered 3 and 4 and there was a bay numbered 5. A footbridge provided a link between the two through platforms. On the north side of the station site, close to the town there was a single storey wrought iron building which contained storage areas. Between platforms 2 and 3 there was a single-storey timber-built building which contained the booking office and waiting facilities. On platform 4 there was a single-storey timber-built waiting room
By 1895 the goods facilities to the west of the station were substantial and included a large brick built goods shed, numerous sidings, a cattle dock, pens and a 2-ton crane. The goods service was closed on December 7 1964
Ten trains ran to Seacombe via Bidston between Monday and Friday which increased to eleven on Saturdays. Only one train ran to Seacombe via Bidston on Sundays
During its lifetime trains ran to Ellesmere Port, Seacombe, Chester Northgate and New Brighton which were all withdrawn and there was only an hourly service to Bidston during the 1980s and 1990s and Wrexham Central closed on November 23 1998 and a new station that was also called Wrexham Central opened further to the west. The line was lifted and the last surviving parts of the station were demolished. A shopping centre and car parks were built on the station site
The line from Wrexham Exchange to Wrexham Central was a single track and Central station was provided with one platform. The station facilities were located in a basic timber built building. Goods facilities were located to the west of the station. At the time of opening Wrexham Central had six trains per day that ran to Buckley
In July 1892 Wrexham Central was rebuilt with five platform faces. Only two of the platforms were through platforms. On the north side of the station site there were two terminus platforms which were numbered 1 and 2. Then there were the two through platforms numbered 3 and 4 and there was a bay numbered 5. A footbridge provided a link between the two through platforms. On the north side of the station site, close to the town there was a single storey wrought iron building which contained storage areas. Between platforms 2 and 3 there was a single-storey timber-built building which contained the booking office and waiting facilities. On platform 4 there was a single-storey timber-built waiting room
By 1895 the goods facilities to the west of the station were substantial and included a large brick built goods shed, numerous sidings, a cattle dock, pens and a 2-ton crane. The goods service was closed on December 7 1964
Ten trains ran to Seacombe via Bidston between Monday and Friday which increased to eleven on Saturdays. Only one train ran to Seacombe via Bidston on Sundays
During its lifetime trains ran to Ellesmere Port, Seacombe, Chester Northgate and New Brighton which were all withdrawn and there was only an hourly service to Bidston during the 1980s and 1990s and Wrexham Central closed on November 23 1998 and a new station that was also called Wrexham Central opened further to the west. The line was lifted and the last surviving parts of the station were demolished. A shopping centre and car parks were built on the station site
