Berwyn railway station

For other places with the same name, see Berwyn station (disambiguation).

Berwyn
Berwyn railway station in 2006.
Location
Place	Berwyn
Area	Denbighshire
Grid reference	SJ198431
Operations
Original company	Llangollen and Corwen Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Operated by	Llangollen Railway
Platforms	1
History
1 May 1865^[1]	Opened as Berwyn
20 September 1954^[1]	Renamed Berwyn Halt
14 December 1964^[1]	Closed
March 1986	reopened
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Berwyn railway station in Denbighshire, Wales, is a railway station on the former Ruabon to Barmouth Line.

The Llangollen and Corwen Railway was formed as a continuation of the Vale of Llangollen Railway to continue the line along the Dee Valley from Llangollen a further 9 miles 50 chains (15.5 km) to Corwen. The line and all stations were opened on 1 May 1865. It became part of the Great Western Railway and subsequently on nationalisation the Western Region of British Railways.^[2]

Passenger services were suspended from 14 December 1964 following flood damage, and officially closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965. It has since been restored and reopened in 1986 as an intermediate station on the preserved Llangollen Railway.

Just to the west of Berwyn Station lies Berwyn Tunnel, which at 689 yards (630 m) long presently makes it the longest single-bore tunnel and third longest tunnel on a UK Heritage Railway.

Llantysilio Chain Bridge, which crosses the River Dee

The adjacent Llantysilio Chain Bridge crosses the River Dee, to link the local hotel which is next to the Shropshire Union Canal with the railway halt.

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Glyndyfrdwy		Llangollen Railway		Llangollen

References

Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 33.
↑ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063.

External links

Berwyn station on navigable 1946 O.S. map

Coordinates: 52°58′46″N 3°11′44″W / 52.97948°N 3.19544°W / 52.97948; -3.19544

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