- Drws-y-Nant railway station
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Drws-y-Nant Location Place Drws-y-Nant Area Gwynedd Operations Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Platforms 2 History ? Opened 18 Jan 1965 Closed to passengers 4 May 1964 Closed to goods [1] Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZDrws-y-Nant railway station (Pron: Droos-a-Nant) in Gwynedd, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line.
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.[2]
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.
Neighbouring stations
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Garneddwen Halt Great Western Railway
Ruabon Barmouth LineWnion Halt References
- ^ Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5
- ^ 1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission
Coordinates: 52°47′27″N 3°45′17″W / 52.79078°N 3.75475°W
Categories:- Disused railway stations in Gwynedd
- Beeching closures in Wales
- Railway stations closed in 1965
- Wales railway station stubs
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