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Pickhill Halt railway station was a station in Sesswick, Wrexham, Wales. The station was opened on 30 May 1938[2] and closed in 1962.

Pickhill Halt
General information
LocationSesswick, Wrexham County Borough
England
Coordinates53.0155°N 2.9196°W / 53.0155; -2.9196
Grid referenceSJ384468
Platforms1[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
30 May 1938Opened[2]
10 June 1940Closed
6 May 1946opened
10 Sept. 1962closed

The opening of the halt coincided with the building of a milk factory by Cadbury Brothers, who bought the greenfield site at auction from Mrs Randles, the 92-year old owner of the Brynafon Estate, in March 1937.[3] The station was a single platform of wooden construction, and immediately south of the station under the adjacent road bridge was the gated siding into the factory. After the closure of the railway to passengers the line from Wrexham to Pickhill remained in use for the milk trains, while the line south of the siding was lifted. Although in 1971 the milk factory (known as Maelor Creamery) moved away from rail transport, it continued under various owners until it closed in March 2014.


References


  1. "Pickhill Halt, Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway". Coflein. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. "Pickhill Halt". CPAT. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. Factory for Wrexham District?, Liverpool Echo, 12 March 1937, p7

Further reading


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Sesswick Halt
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway		   Bangor-on-Dee
Line and station closed


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