Fenn's Bank railway station

52°56′49″N 2°43′54″W / 52.9469°N 2.7316°W / 52.9469; -2.7316Grid referenceSJ510392Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOpened4 May 1863 (1863-05-04)^[1]Closed18 January 1965 (1965-01-18)^[1]Original companyOswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch RailwayPre-groupingCambrian RailwaysPost-groupingGreat Western Railway

Fenn's Bank railway station was a station in Bronington, Wrexham, Wales. The station was opened on 4 May 1863 and closed on 18 January 1965.^[1]

The station was situated on the edge of Fenn's Moss, now part of the Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve. The formation runs from south-west to north-east, and a bridge carried a minor road across the tracks immediately to the west of the station. There was a single platform to the north of the tracks, with a single storey building on the platform. In 1893, there was a passing loop, which was only used by goods trains, and a siding to serve a goods yard. The passing loop continued through the bridge to the south-west, to serve a brickyard and kiln.^[2] By 1899, a second siding had been laid into the goods yard, and the northern end of the passing loop had been continued along an embankment as a siding. It ran alongside the main line almost to the point at which is crossed the Shropshire Union Canal. At the southern end, a new clay pit had been opened on the north side of the main line, which was connected to Fenn's Brick and Tile Works by a short section of track that passed under the main line. The buildings had been extended, and there was a balloon loop around a circular structure. An extra siding turned off the line to the Brick Works, and entered a transshipment shed, which also accommodated a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge line bringing peat from Fenn's and Whixall Mosses.^[3] The tramway was operated by the Peat Moss Litter Company.^[4] The layout in 1912 was similar, except that the balloon loop had been split into two sidings, one on either side of the circular structure.^[5]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bettisfield Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway		Whitchurch (Shropshire) Line closed, station open