Notes: The Great Western Railway opened Park Hall on their Gobowen to Oswestry line on 5.7.1926 to serve the Shropshire Orthopedic Hospital which opened in 1921 on the site of the WW1 Park Hall Camp hospital. It was the only intermediate station on the line which had opened in 1848. Park Hall Camp was reactivated during WW2 and the halt was rebuilt and in regular use throughout the war.

The original platform at Park Hall Halt. The platform was rebuilt during WW2 and a larger waiting shelter added - see picture below

The station was a simple affair consisting of a single simple platform and a small booking facility. It was served by a shuttle service between Gobowen and Oswestry. The service, latterly operated by DMUs survived until November 1966. The line through the station was kept in use for trains that ran from Gobowen to Blodwel quarry until 1988.

At the present time the track is still in situ. Surprisingly for such a basic halt much of it can still be seen today including the platform along with some of the posts that would have supported the nameboards.

Other web sites: Garry Brookes Railway Photography

See also Oswestry