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was itself closed. The last part of the system, the 3-mile line from Brymbo West to
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Wrexham was cut back to Coedpoeth from 1926, and discontinued entirely at the end of 1930, but the small goods office and water tower were left standing at Coedpoeth, as steam locomotives needed replenishing after the hard
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Western Railway to Brymbo, where it would join the GWR's existing route to Minera. The new railway company would have a capital of ÂŁ48,000 in total (ÂŁ36,000 of which would be in shares) and the power to enter into agreement with GWR on operational matters and division of receipts.
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until as late as 1970. After initial closure in 1954, a section from
Gwersyllt to a coal distribution centre at Gatewen was reopened in 1958, while part of the top end of the line, from a reinstated connection with the ex-GWR line at Broughton Forge Junction (Plas Power) to the site of the former
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served the collieries there, passing through the steelworks en route. The section from Brymbo West onwards to Minera remained solely in GWR ownership: traversing the rural area west of Brymbo, it passed the brickworks at Cae-llo and the steel company's siding at the Smelt mine, where fireclay and
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The end section of the Vron branch was closed in 1930 along with the collieries it served, but part of its length from Vron
Junction remained in use to serve the increasing steelworks traffic. Passenger traffic on the joint line from Brymbo to Coed Talon declined during the
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Many of the line's structures have disappeared since the 1970s, but its formation can still be traced (and walked as a footpath) from New
Broughton to Moss Valley, where there are a number of bridges. A large brick bridge still stands across the B5101 road south of Brymbo.
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The railway was one of several constructed to serve the intensive quarrying, mining and iron founding operations in the area west of
Wrexham, which were undergoing considerable expansion in the mid 19th century thanks to exploitation of the underlying Middle
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amounts of steelworks traffic being sent by road. The steelworks itself closed in 1990–91, along with a final section of the Vron Branch that had remained in use as part of the works' internal railway system.
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branch (serving several collieries near Moss, with a spur running as far as Ffrwd north of Brymbo) diverged. The main Brymbo branch continued westwards passing the industrial villages of New
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climb from Croes Newydd. All lines continued in use for freight traffic, however, and the passenger service from Mold to Brymbo (now operated by the LNWR's successor, the
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company to lay a new branch from the existing Coedpoeth Station into the village centre. Local business claimed the station was too far away (being effectively located in
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2114:"Wrexham - Opening of the Wrexham and Minera Railway".
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1950:Site of Brymbo (GC) station, immediately beneath
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2234:The Kitson J60 (GCR Class B) 0-6-0T Locomotives
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2141:"County Petty Sessions - Gunpowder Licences".
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2821:Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction Railway
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2222:Journal of the Great Central Railway Society
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1161:Wrexham and Minera Railway Act 1861
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2145:. 8 April 1876. p. 5.
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2656:Ross and Monmouth Railway
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18:Wrexham and Minera Branch
2983:Snowdon Mountain Railway
2746:Anglesey Central Railway
2586:Neath and Brecon Railway
1346:End of passenger traffic
2701:Vale of Rheidol Railway
2466:Corwen and Bala Railway
2361:Aberdare Valley Railway
1707:New Broughton Road Halt
1485:Wrexham Maelor Hospital
1249:Coedpoeth Station, 1900
1209:Branch, which ran from
935:Shrewsbury–Chester line
834:Shrewsbury–Chester line
3134:Penrhyn Quarry Railway
3114:Merionethshire Railway
3003:Welsh Highland Railway
2766:Carnarvonshire Railway
2386:Barry Dock and Railway
2224:, 152, (June 2007), 38
2185:, disused-stations.org
2131:, disused-stations.org
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1955:
1396:
1359:
1300:serving the Delafield
1250:
356:Brymbo Middle Junction
130:Vicarage Crossing Halt
3159:Trefor Quarry railway
3039:Cedryn Quarry Tramway
2826:Vale of Clwyd Railway
2771:Central Wales Railway
2696:Vale of Neath Railway
2116:North Wales Chronicle
2018:
1983:Great Central Railway
1949:
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1282:Great Western Railway
1248:
1227:North Wales Coalfield
1146:Great Western Railway
190:Connah's Quay Railway
3154:Saundersfoot Railway
2882:Vale of Towy Railway
2857:Taff Bargoed Railway
2711:West Midland Railway
1421:BR Standard Class 9F
1150:rope-worked inclines
1092:where it served the
1084:between the city of
480:Brymbo East Junction
3084:Elan Valley Railway
3012:Industrial railways
2938:Kinmel Camp Railway
2928:Glyn Valley Tramway
2671:South Wales Railway
2636:Port Talbot Railway
2001:, and then by four
1751:Highfield Road Halt
1280:campaigned for the
1154:Wheatsheaf Junction
183:Wrexham, Mold &
27:Former railway line
3139:Penydarren Tramway
3099:Hendre-Ddu Tramway
3054:Crickheath Tramway
2918:Ffestiniog Railway
2913:Fairbourne Railway
2721:Wye Valley Railway
2481:Ely Valley Railway
2396:Blaenavon Tramroad
2212:, HMSO, 1975, p.59
2021:
1956:
1793:Moss Valley Branch
1397:
1395:in the background.
1360:
1342:over minor roads.
1298:Esclusham Mountain
1251:
1184:George Robert Jebb
1177:Shrewsbury-Chester
760:Moss Valley Branch
3172:
3171:
3094:Gorseddau Tramway
3019:Bailey's Tramroad
2901:Independent lines
2676:Taff Vale Railway
2566:Mid-Wales Railway
2511:Llancaiach Branch
2426:Cambrian Railways
2301:Christiansen, R.
2166:, orig. publ. in
2160:Christiansen, R.
1987:Railways Act 1921
1976:Brymbo Steelworks
1952:Brymbo Steelworks
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1383:Working the route
1165:24 & 25 Vict.
1094:Brymbo Steelworks
1088:, the village of
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3069:Dinorwic Railway
3034:Buckley Tramroad
3029:Bryn Oer Tramway
2993:Talyllyn Railway
2801:Llanelly Railway
2796:Knighton Railway
2736:London and North
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2346:Great Western
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2168:Railway World
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832:
831:
822:
774:
772:
769:
766:
761:
755:
750:
705:
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641:Brymbo Branch
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555:
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549:
544:
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529:
525:
524:
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414:River Cegidog
409:
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329:
327:
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318:
313:
297:
295:
289:
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260:Smelt Sidings
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208:
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191:
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157:
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37:
34:
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19:
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2302:
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1994:
1980:
1961:
1957:
1893: (
1854:Rhosddu Halt
1657:Brymbo (WMR)
1644:
1531:Quay Railway
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1188:Croes Newydd
1182:
1175:on the main
1169:Croes Newydd
1158:
1139:
1136:Construction
1126:
1114:
1077:
1075:
858:Croes Newydd
758:
693:Rhosddu Halt
636:
487:Brymbo (WMR)
29:
2998:Van Railway
2933:Hay Railway
2835:Joint lines
2071:Moss Valley
1968:Moss Valley
1489:cycle route
1481:Moss Valley
1408:(such as a
1406:bank engine
1322:Moss Valley
1235:Moss valley
1082:North Wales
108:Berwig Halt
3179:Categories
2183:Llanfynydd
2170:, Feb 1987
2090:References
1685:Plas Power
1414:5700 Class
1215:Coed Talon
1211:Llanfynydd
1106:Coed Talon
943:Shrewsbury
317:Llanfynydd
285:Coed Talon
152:Coed Poeth
1964:Gwersyllt
1805:Gwersyllt
1425:ex-LMS 8F
1331:signalbox
1306:Henrietta
1278:Coedpoeth
1271:railmotor
1263:Coedpoeth
1259:Bwlchgwyn
1098:limeworks
1043:Ellesmere
86:Limeworks
1995:westerly
1903:Junction
1437:Class 25
1433:Class 24
1327:Southsea
1290:petition
1255:Southsea
918:(merged)
2348:Railway
2296:Sources
2041:Gallery
1936:History
1898:Stansty
1470:viaduct
1431:, with
1223:Cegidog
1173:Wrexham
1123:History
1086:Wrexham
842:Chester
528:Bidston
292:Cae-llo
2198:Brymbo
2129:Brymbo
1908: )
1885:&
1803:&
1655:&
1574:Brymbo
1540:Legend
1474:Ffrith
1356:Minera
1286:Minera
1267:Minera
1207:Ffrith
1102:Minera
1090:Brymbo
923:
349:Ffrith
248:
84:Minera
71:Legend
2032:Today
1875:WMCQR
1869:
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1639:
1472:near
1460:Today
1316:Route
1217:near
1171:, at
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2010:J94s
1972:slag
1887:Hope
1479:The
1435:and
1423:and
1335:Vron
1308:, a
1219:Mold
1196:Vron
1192:LNWR
1110:Mold
1076:The
860:yard
638:WMCQ
240:Mold
236:LNWR
2006:J60
1999:J58
1881:to
1799:to
1651:to
1365:LMS
1261:),
1213:to
1100:at
1041:to
941:to
910:and
840:to
765:GWR
548:GWR
526:to
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2151:^
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