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Place
  
Glyndyfrdwy

Grid reference
  
SJ150429

Operated by
  
Llangollen Railway

Platforms in use
  
2

Area
  
Denbighshire

Pre-grouping
  
Great Western Railway

1 May 1865
  
Opened

Glyndyfrdwy railway station

Address
  
Maes Y Glyn, Glyndyfrdwy, Corwen LL21 9HF, UK

Original company
  
Llangollen and Corwen Railway

Similar
  
Llangollen Railway, Carrog railway station, Llangollen railway station, Berwyn railway station, Corwen East railway st

Glyndyfrdwy railway station ([ɡlɨnˈdəvrdʊɨ], Glin-duvver-doo-ee) in Denbighshire, Wales, is a preserved railway station on the Heritage Llangollen Railway, and was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line.

It officially closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 but closed prematurely due to flood damage on 14 December 1964. But after nearly 30 years It was finally reopened in 1993 by the preserved Llangollen Railway. It is a passing place on the single line and has a signal box. The signal box at the west end of the station is the listed structure from Barmouth South, although non - operational.

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P & H and there was a 3-ton 10 cwt crane.

References

Glyndyfrdwy railway station Wikipedia


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