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Overton-on-Dee railway station was a station to the southeast of Overton-on-Dee, Wrexham, Wales at Lightwood Green. The station was opened on 2 November 1895 and closed on 10 September 1962.[1]

Overton-on-Dee
General information
Location	Southeast of Overton-on-Dee, Wrexham County Borough Wales
Coordinates	52.9603°N 2.9120°W / 52.9603; -2.9120
Grid reference	SJ388407
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
2 November 1895	Opened[1]
10 June 1940	Closed
6 May 1946	reopened
10 Sept. 1962	closed

The station had a goods yard and adjacent livestock market. On the west side a creamery was built around 1919 operated by the Co-Operative Wholesale Society (CWS), and in 1928 with the adoption of milk tank wagons in place of milk churns a siding was extended to the creamery. The creamery closed just before WW2. Also adjacent to the station goods yard was the Overton Brick and Tile Works which closed around WW2 or shortly afterwards.[2]

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Oswestry to Whitchurch. Middleton Press. figs. 80-86. ISBN 9781906008819. OCLC 751631667.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Cloy Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway		Trench Halt Line and station closed

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