Chirk railway station

Summary

Chirk railway station is a railway station^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.92% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month, #171 of 18,574).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chirk railway station is located in Chirk^[3].
• Chirk railway station is located in Wrexham County Borough^[4].
• Chirk railway station is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Chirk railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[6].
• Chirk railway station's connecting line is recorded as Shrewsbury–Chester line^[7].
• Chirk railway station is owned by Network Rail^[8].
• Chirk railway station is operated by Transport for Wales Rail^[9].
• Chirk is named after Chirk railway station^[10].
• Chirk railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Gobowen railway station^[11].
• Chirk railway station's adjacent station is recorded as Ruabon railway station^[12].
• Chirk railway station's Commons category is recorded as Chirk railway station^[13].
• Chirk railway station's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ284378^[14].
• Chirk railway station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.933, 'lon': -3.066}^[15].
• Chirk railway station's located on linear feature is recorded as Wolverhampton to Saltney Junction (Chester) Line, Stafford Road Junction to Saltney Junction^[16].
• Chirk railway station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[17].
• Chirk railway station's heritage designation is recorded as National Monuments of Wales^[18].
• Chirk railway station's date of official opening is recorded as 1848^[19].
• Chirk railway station's number of platform faces is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[20].
• Chirk railway station's state of use is recorded as in use^[21].
• Chirk railway station's historic county is recorded as Denbighshire^[22].

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Geography

Chirk railway station is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Located in include Chirk^[3], a town^[23], in United Kingdom^[24] and Wrexham County Borough^[4], a principal area of Wales^[25], in United Kingdom^[26], founded in 1996^[27].

Designation and Status

Chirk railway station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as National Monuments of Wales^[18].

History and Context

Chirk railway station is owned by Network Rail^[8]. Chirk is named after it^[10].

Why It Matters

Chirk railway station ranks in the top 0.92% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month, #171 of 18,574).^[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]