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. 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.

Carrog
Station on heritage railway
LocationCarrog, Denbighshire
Wales
Coordinates52.9817°N 3.3155°W / 52.9817; -3.3155
Grid referenceSJ117435
Operated byLlangollen Railway
Platforms2
History
Original companyLlangollen and Corwen Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 May 1865[1]Opened
4 May 1964Closed to goods
14 Dec 1964[1]Closed to passengers
2 May 1996Reopened

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]

It is again an intermediate station on the preserved line with the completion of the extension to Corwen East, in October 2014. However, due to engineering works relating to the reopening of Corwen, Carrog is once again the terminus of the line until 1 October 2019.[4]

Services
Preceding station   Heritage railways Following station
Corwen East   Llangollen Railway   Glyndyfrdwy
Disused railways
Bonwm Halt   Great Western Railway
Ruabon Barmouth Line		   Glyndyfrdwy

References
  1. Butt 1995, p. 55.
  2. McRae 1998, p. 112.
  3. 1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission
  4. "Timetables". Llangollen Railway. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

Sources
  • 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Ruabon to Barmouth. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 40-42. ISBN 9781906008840. OCLC 651922152.


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