Gwersyllt railway station serves the area of

Gwersyllt Gwersyllt () is an urban village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The densely populated village is one of Wrexham's largest and is situated in the north western suburbs of the city, bordering the nearby villages of Llay, Cefn-y- ...

in the city of

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the county ...

in North

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. It is one of five stations in the

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. The station is 3.5 km (2¼ miles) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line and 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 the

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network, 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 the

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is 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 a

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. 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 to

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). 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 at

for onward travel for stations to via the

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and at Wrexham General for stations to and beyond and for Chester.

Gallery

Image:Wrexham-bound platform, Gwersyllt railway station (geograph 4024824).jpg, The Wrexham-bound platform. Image:The southern end of Gwersyllt railway station (geograph 4024842).jpg, Hope Street bridge, at the southern end of the platforms. Image:EWS Class 66, 66100, Gwersyllt railway station (geograph 4024839).jpg, An EWS Class 66, running north through the station, with a freight train. Image:Gwersyllt railway station (28).JPG, The station car park, adjacent to the Bidston-bound platform. Image:Oswestry Gwersyllt, Plas Power & Wrexham RJD 55.jpg, Oswestry,

, Plas Power &

on the

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map.

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{{Wrexham County Borough railway stations Railway stations in Wrexham County Borough DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1886 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail