Acrefair railway station

Acrefair
Location of the former station (1992)
Location
Place	Acrefair
Area	Wrexham
Coordinates	52°58′46″N 3°04′27″W / 52.9795°N 3.0741°W / 52.9795; -3.0741Coordinates: 52°58′46″N 3°04′27″W / 52.9795°N 3.0741°W / 52.9795; -3.0741
Grid reference	SJ27984300
Operations
Original company	Vale of Llangollen Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
2 June 1862	Opened
2 November 1964	Closed to goods
18 January 1965	Closed to passengers
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Acrefair railway station (Pron: Ak-re-vire) was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line in north-east Wales. It closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe.

Although built by the Vale of Llangollen Railway, its services were operated by the Great Western Railway from the outset. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was closed by the British Transport Commission.

The station was built at a high-level above King Street, close to its junction with Llangollen Road. The line was double track between Ruabon and Llangollen and there was a signal box at Acrefair. The Ruabon Brook Tramway, a goods line from the local coalfields and clay works to Froncysyllte, passed immediately below the station, crossing King Street at street level via a gated crossing.

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G & P and there was a 3-ton crane.

The course of the line here is now an access road though a small industrial estate.