Drws-y-Nant railway station
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Drws-y-Nant railway station (Pron: Droos-a-Nant) in Gwynedd
, Wales
, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
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The station had two platforms with a passing loop, plus a small goods yard with a dock for loading livestock. According to the Official Handbook of Stations
the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, L & H and there was no crane.
The station remained largely intact but derelict for twenty years following the lifting of the line in 1969, but the whole site was subsequently levelled and used for improvements to the A494 road.
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...
, 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 formerly a 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:...
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The station had two platforms with a passing loop, plus a small goods yard with a dock for loading livestock. According to the Official Handbook of Stations
Official Handbook of Stations
The Official Handbook of Stations was a large listing all the passenger and goods stations and private sidings on the railways of Great Britain and Ireland...
the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, L & H and there was no crane.
The station remained largely intact but derelict for twenty years following the lifting of the line in 1969, but the whole site was subsequently levelled and used for improvements to the A494 road.