Gwersyllt railway station

Gwersyllt
General information
Location	Gwersyllt,Wrexham Wales
Coordinates	53.073°N 3.018°W/53.073; -3.018
Grid reference	SJ319533
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GWE
Classification	DfT categoryF2
Passengers
2018/19	23,408
2019/20	22,468
2020/21	11,782
2021/22	19,432
2022/23	19,924
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Gwersyllt railway stationserves the area ofGwersylltin the city ofWrexhamin NorthWales.It is one of five stations in theWrexham County Borough.

The station is 3.5 km (2¼ miles) north ofWrexham Centralon theBorderlands Lineand was opened in 1866. The station used to have a signal box at the northern end of the Bidston-bound platform.A short distance to the south a goods-only branch line (part of theNorth Wales Mineral Railwaynetwork, to Brymbo) crossed the route and the abutments of the bridge it utilised still survive (along with a dip in the track formation). One of the line's main engineering features, the five arch stone viaduct over theRiver Cegidogis situated on this stretch of the line, but to the north of the station.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no ticket provision (these must be bought on the train or prior to travel). Amenities provided here are limited to waiting shelters (there being no other permanent structures left here), CIS displays and timetable poster boards. There is a car park behind the northbound platform, which adjoins that belonging to a local supermarket. Level access can be had from there to both platforms, though the southbound one requires the use of abarrow crossing.Access is also possible to both platforms from the road bridge at the south end, though this has steps on both sides.

Services

Weekdays (daytime) the line is served by two units, providing an hourly service each way (southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound toBidston). After 18:45 (and all day on bank holidays) the service is provided by one unit, giving one train in each direction every two hours.

On Sundays the service is roughly every 90 minutes.

There is a connection atBidstonfor onward travel for stations toLiverpool Centralvia theWirral Lineand at Wrexham General for stations toShrewsburyand beyond and for Chester.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wrexham General		Transport for Wales Borderlands Line		Cefn-y-Bedd

Gallery

• 
  The Wrexham-bound platform.
• 
  Hope Street bridge, at the southern end of the platforms.
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  AnEWSClass 66,running north through the station, with a freight train.
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  The station car park, adjacent to the Bidston-bound platform.
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  Oswestry,Gwersyllt,Plas Power &Wrexhamon theRailway Clearing Housemap.

References

Sources

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013).Wrexham to New Brighton.West Sussex: Middleton Press.ISBN9781908174475.OCLC859543196.

External links

• Train timesandstation informationfor Gwersyllt railway station fromNational Rail