Johnstown & Hafod was a minor station on the
Great Western Railway
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's London to
Birkenhead
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main line. Although the station is gone the railway is still open today as part of the
Shrewsbury to Chester Line
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. The station was situated on the extreme east side of
Johnstown and served both there and the adjoining settlement of
Rhosllannerchrugog
RhosllanerchrugogDavies, Jenkins and Baines (eds) ''The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales'', 2008, p.752 (also spelled Rhosllannerchrugog, or simply Rhos) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies within the histor ...
(pron: ''Ross-thlanner-kri-gog'') in Wales.
Historical services
Express trains did not call at Johnstown & Hafod and the station would only have been served by West Midlands & Shrewsbury to Wrexham & Chester local trains. There were once sidings serving Hafod brickworks and
Hafod colliery
Bonc yr Hafod (meaning: ''Hafod Bank'') is a country park, on the former site of Hafod Colliery, near Johnstown and Pentre Bychan in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The country park is centred on a former spoil tip hill, known locally as "Picni ...
.
Re-opening plan
According to the
Scott Wilson Report compiled for the
Chester to Shrewsbury Rail Partnership, Johnstown is one of the most promising sites on the line for the re-opening of the station. (The report can be downloaded from the Chester to Shrewsbury Rail Partnership website link below).
Neighbouring stations
References
Further reading
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External links
Johnstown & Hafod station on navigable 1946 O.S. mapChester to Shrewsbury Rail Partnership
{{Closed stations Wrexham County Borough
Disused railway stations in Wrexham County Borough
Former Great Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1896
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960