Penygarreg Lane halt

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Penygarreg Lane (or "Pen-y-garreg Lane") is a proposed halt on the Cambrian Railways Trust's heritage line in Shropshire. It is on the northern edge of the village of Pant, north of the disused Pant station. Currently trains stop here only to reverse back towards Llynclys and passengers may not board or alight here. A planning application for the construction of a 25m platform and a waiting shelter has been submitted to Oswestry Borough Council and was approved in February 2008.

The Montgomery Canal, which is currently undergoing restoration in this area, runs alongside Penygarreg Lane where the pedestrian entrance to the halt would be. Pedestrian access between the lane and the halt would be via the trackbed of a tramway which linked the railway line with the canal. On the other side of the halt, right by the proposed platform, is Piccadilly Pool. This is a remnant of the disused quarry once in operation here. Some small buildings once used by the quarry still exist in the area.