Llangollen railway station
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Llangollen railway station in Denbighshire
, Wales
was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line
. It closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 but the section between Ruabon and Llangollen Goods Yard remained opened for freight traffic until April 1968. Immediately afterwards the track was removed from the whole line between Ruabon and Barmouth. The double track from Ruabon
ended at Llangollen Goods Jn. and the track westwards was single. There were signal boxes at Llangollen and at Llangollen Goods Jc. The latter controlled access to the goods yard which today is a depot for the Llangollen Railway
. The station was reopened in 1975 by the preserved Llangollen Railway as its eastern terminus and has been subsequently reopened in stages westward.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations
the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C and there was a 3 ton crane. There was also a private siding at Pentrefelin (now a carriage depot) which was used by the White Sand & Silica Company.
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 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:...
. It closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 but the section between Ruabon and Llangollen Goods Yard remained opened for freight traffic until April 1968. Immediately afterwards the track was removed from the whole line between Ruabon and Barmouth. The double track from Ruabon
Ruabon railway station
Ruabon railway station serves the village of Ruabon in the county borough of Wrexham, Wales. It is the second busiest station in Wrexham in terms of passenger journeys, after the mainline station, Wrexham General...
ended at Llangollen Goods Jn. and the track westwards was single. There were signal boxes at Llangollen and at Llangollen Goods Jc. The latter controlled access to the goods yard which today is a depot for the Llangollen Railway
Llangollen Railway
The Llangollen Railway is a volunteer-run preserved railway in Denbighshire, Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Carrog; at long, it is the longest preserved standard gauge line in Wales and operates daily in Summer as well as weekends throughout the Winter months using a wide variety of...
. The station was reopened in 1975 by the preserved Llangollen Railway as its eastern terminus and has been subsequently reopened in stages westward.
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, F, L, H, C and there was a 3 ton crane. There was also a private siding at Pentrefelin (now a carriage depot) which was used by the White Sand & Silica Company.