Wynnstay Park

00, London Midland and Scottish Railway

Description     have assumed that the plans proposed between 1845 and 1875 to build a line from Rhyl to Wolverhampton were bought to fruition, and the line was absorbed into the London North Western Railway. Included in the plan were branches to Llangollen and Wrexham capital of the North Wales Marches. 1862 would see branches built into the Clywedog and Black Valleys. The Clywedog Valley would have served Rhos-berse and terminated at Nant. The Black Valley would have terminated at the mining and manufacturing village of Esclusham extending in 1882 to Wynnstay Park. The same year would see a steeply graded branch built into the Moss Valley. The youngest of the lines the Wych Valley would have opened in 1895 as a cross-country line extending the Wrexham Branch to Whitchurch. In 1923, the LNWR lines were absorbed into the London Midland Scottish Railway (LMS). Built in 1862 the branch runs south from the junction with the mainline at Rhos. Initially terminated at the mining and manufacturing village of Esclusham it was extending in 1882 to Wynnstay Park. The Welsh hills can be seen in the background. Services are largely local with passenger and freight trains to and from Wrexham. The time period is the late 1930’s with operation by LMS stock.