Trefnant railway station

Trefnant railway station served the village of Trefnant in North Wales.

Trefnant
The 4th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancasters detraining at Trefnant station, 1909
General information
LocationTrefnant, Denbighshire
Wales
Coordinates53.2250°N 3.4202°W / 53.2250; -3.4202
Grid referenceSJ051707
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyVale of Clwyd Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 October 1858Opened[1]
19 September 1955Closed to passengers[1]
5 August 1957Closed[1]

History

It opened in 1858[1] and closed for passengers in 1955 and freight in 1957. Works were commenced in 1864 to double the line between Trefnant and the railway's junction with the Mold and Denbigh line.[2]

The station platform and the siding area was still visible until the Llys Teg housing association estate was built around 1990.

There was a railway bridge at the top of "Hafod" on the A541 in the village which is now demolished but is still visible as a hump in the road.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Llannerch   London and North Western Railway
Vale of Clwyd Railway
  Denbigh

References

  1. "Station Name: Trefnant". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. "Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway". Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register. 27 August 1864. p. 8. hdl:10107/4579281.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 17-22. ISBN 9781908174321. OCLC 814270878.


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