A "South Wrexham" station was first proposed in July 2015, in the Welsh Government's National Transport Finance Plan 2015, [1] alongside other proposed stations in Broughton, North Wrexham, Deeside, and Llangefni.

The assessment stated that benefits for the station were mainly the serving of Cefn Mawr and Rhosymedre.

[6] In 2021, the proposed station re-emerged in Transport for Wales' Metro Development Plan published in March 2021,[7] and the Future Developments plan for the North Wales Metro published in September 2021.

The accompanying maps for the latter, used to represent Transport for Wales' long-term ambitions in the region, include a proposed station located south of Wrexham, near Johnstown, termed "Wrexham South".

Older proposals advocate for a station near Rhosymedre on the former Rhosymedre Halt railway station site,[5] but newer maps of the proposed location show it to be more northerly towards Wrexham, near Johnstown.