Gobowen railway station is a railway station on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line of the former Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside via Birmingham Snow Hill line, serving the village of Gobowen in Shropshire, England. It is the nearest station to the town of Oswestry.
Gobowen railway station
Up fast freight passing in 1960
The ticket office building (2014)
Transport for Wales Class 175 with a train for Cardiff passing a Class 158 from Birmingham
The Shrewsbury–Chester line is a railway line between Chester and Shrewsbury in England, with the line passing through Wrexham County Borough in Wales. Passenger train services are operated by Transport for Wales Rail between the northern terminal of Chester and Shrewsbury in the south as part of the Wales & Borders franchise. Some additional services, starting part way along the line to London Euston via Chester are operated by Avanti West Coast. The line was built in 1846 by the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, with the engineer for the line being Henry Robertson, a partner in locomotive builders Beyer Peacock, while the contractor was Thomas Brassey in partnership with William Mackenzie and Robert Stephenson. The line is part of Transport for Wales' North Wales Metro improvement programme.
Transport for Wales' 197015 & 017 at Wrexham General with a service from Cardiff to Holyhead.
Train on the Chirk Viaduct, with the Chirk Aqueduct in the background, near Chirk, Wrexham on the Wales–England border.
The line as a single-track near Rhosrobin, Wrexham County Borough, Wales, slightly north of Wrexham General. It remains single-track as of February 2022[update].