Corwen railway station

Corwen
Station building in January 2010.
Location
Place	Corwen
Area	Denbighshire
Operations
Original company	Llangollen & Corwen Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 Sept 1865	Opened
2 Nov 1964	Closed to goods [1]
14 Dec 1964	Closed to passengers
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Corwen railway station in Denbighshire, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. The first station to open was a temporary station at the east of the town when the line from Denbigh opened in October 1864. A permanent station was opened by the Great Western Railway in May 1865. It was to have closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 but closed prematurely on 14 December 1964 due to flood damage. The station had two platforms, a signal box and was a passing place on the single line. 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 1 ton 10 cwt crane.^[2]

Corwen was also formerly the southern terminus of the Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway which ran from Rhyl to Corwen via Denbigh and Ruthin. It opened in 1864 and it was officially closed in 1963, although the line south of Ruthin was abandoned several years earlier after a landslide.

The preserved Llangollen Railway have started work in 2011 on constructing an extension to Corwen. Initially a temporary station will be constructed on the outskirts of the town whilst new station is constructed in the town next to the main car park. The original station at the west end of the town adjacent to the A5 is currently in private use as an Ifor Williams Trailers showroom.

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bonwm Halt		Great Western Railway Ruabon to Barmouth Line		Cynwyd
Gwyddelwern		London and North Western Railway Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway		Terminus

References

1. ^ Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5
2. ^ 1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission

External links

• Corwen station on navigable 1952 O. S. map
• www.corwenstation-new.co.uk

Coordinates: 52°58′53″N 3°22′43″W / 52.98138°N 3.37852°W / 52.98138; -3.37852