Carrog railway station
Carrog railway station in Denbighshire, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. A camping coach was positioned here by the Western Region from 1956 to 1962.[2] It was to have closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 but closed prematurely on 14 December 1964 due to flood damage. 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 but there was no crane.[3]
Carrog | |
|---|---|
| Station on heritage railway | |
| General information | |
| Location | Carrog, Denbighshire Wales |
| Coordinates | 52°58′54″N 3°18′56″W / 52.9817°N 3.3155°W |
| Grid reference | SJ117435 |
| Operated by | Llangollen Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| Original company | Llangollen and Corwen Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1865[1] | Opened |
| 4 May 1964 | Closed to goods |
| 14 Dec 1964[1] | Closed to passengers |
| 2 May 1996 | Reopened |
It was reopened in 1996 as part of the preserved Llangollen Railway. It is a passing place on the single line and has a signal box. On re-opening it became the terminus of the preserved line but became an intermediate station with the completion of the extension to Corwen East, in October 2014. Due to engineering works relating to the reopening of Corwen, Carrog again became the terminus of the line in 2019.[4] It regained its intermediate status once again in June 2023 when the new Corwen station opened. [5]
Services edit
| Preceding station | Heritage railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corwen | Llangollen Railway | Glyndyfrdwy | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Bonwm Halt | Great Western Railway Ruabon Barmouth Line | Glyndyfrdwy | ||
References edit
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 55.
- ^ McRae 1998, p. 112.
- ^ 1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission
- ^ "Timetables". Llangollen Railway. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ Holden, Michael (2 June 2023). "Photos as Llangollen Railway steams into Corwen". RailAdvent. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
Sources edit
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
Further reading edit
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Ruabon to Barmouth. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 40-42. ISBN 9781906008840. OCLC 651922152.
External links edit
- Friends of Carrog station website
- Carrog station on navigable 1952 O. S. map