Bonwm Halt railway station
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Bonwm Halt in Denbighshire
, Wales
, was a minor station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
. It was of timber construction and only about one carriage length long. It was to have closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 but closed prematurely on 14 December 1964 due to flood damage. There was never a signal box, passing place nor freight facilities here. Two trains per day stopped at the halt taking 2 boys to the Grammar School at Bala and returning them of an evening.
Today just a few wooden supports survive of the platform edge. Work started in 2011 by the Llangollen Railway Society on rebuilding the line between Carrog and Corwen but there are no plans to rebuild this halt.
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, was a minor station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
Ruabon Barmouth Line
The Ruabon to Barmouth Line was a standard gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway across the north of Wales which connected Ruabon, in the east, with Barmouth on the west coast.-Connections:...
. It was of timber construction and only about one carriage length long. It was to have closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 but closed prematurely on 14 December 1964 due to flood damage. There was never a signal box, passing place nor freight facilities here. Two trains per day stopped at the halt taking 2 boys to the Grammar School at Bala and returning them of an evening.
Today just a few wooden supports survive of the platform edge. Work started in 2011 by the Llangollen Railway Society on rebuilding the line between Carrog and Corwen but there are no plans to rebuild this halt.