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Chirk railway station

Chirk railway station serves the town of , , . The station is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line that is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Chirk Railway Station”, “Chirk Station”, and “CRK”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chirk Tunnel and Chirk Aqueduct.

Tunnel
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a canal tunnel near , . It lies on the , immediately northwards of the . It is 421 metres long and has a complete towpath inside. is situated 810 feet south of Chirk railway station.

Bridge
is a 70-foot high and 710-foot long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the across the Ceiriog Valley near , on the England–Wales border, spanning the two countries. is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Chirk railway station.

Bridge
Photo: Steve Knight, CC BY 2.0.
The is a Grade II* listed railway viaduct over the between and . The viaduct carries the Shrewsbury–Chester line from the Welsh town of in historic Denbighshire from the north to the English village of in , to the south. is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Chirk railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chirk Bank and Bronygarth.

Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in , England. The industrial town of is to the north, over the border in , with the B5070 road connecting the two settlements via a bridge over the .

Village
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the Ceiriog Valley near in , England at grid reference SJ268370. The village is on the England–Wales border with some buildings in Wales in the local government community.

Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large village and civil parish in , England. It lies between the towns of , in Wales, and , in England. The civil parish, which also includes , Pentre-Newydd and a number of small hamlets, had a total population of 2,668 at the 2001 census, rising to 2,850 at the 2011 Census.

Chirk railway station

Latitude
52.93325° or 52° 55′ 60″ north
Longitude
-3.06615° or 3° 3′ 58″ west
Elevation
364 feet (111 metres)
Operator
Transport for Wales Rail
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“CRK”
Open location code
9C4RWWMM+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20068020
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6952293
Wiki­data ID
Q2004430
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Chirk railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Chirk”
  • Dutch: “Station Chirk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كيرك”
  • French: “Chirk”
  • French: “gare de Chirk”
  • German: “Bahnhof Chirk”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Y Waun”
  • Welsh: “Y Waun”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chirk railway station”. Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.