Chirk railway station

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Chirk Y Waun
Location
Place	Chirk
Local authority	Wrexham
Grid reference	SJ295375
Operations
Station code	CRK
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	32,094
2005/06 *	36,295
History
Key dates	Opened 1849
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chirk Y Waun from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Chirk railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf y Waun) serves the town of Chirk in the county borough of Wrexham, Wales. Chirk station is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line, which is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside.

Currently trains run on two routes operated by Arriva Trains Wales:

• Birmingham New Street or Shrewsbury and Chester via Wrexham General
• Cardiff Central and Holyhead via Wrexham General, Chester and Bangor.

and one route operated by Wrexham & Shropshire:

• Wrexham General and London Marylebone via Shrewsbury, Telford Central and Tame Bridge Parkway.

The original 19th century (grade 2 listed) Chirk / Y Waun station building was demolished in 1987, without consultation , by the local council.

[edit] External links

• Chester to Shrewsbury Rail Partnership
• Train times and station information for Chirk railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Gobowen		Arriva Trains Wales Shrewsbury to Chester Line		Ruabon
		Wrexham & Shropshire London - Wrexham