Drws-y-Nant railway station

Drws-y-Nant
The station cottage in 2001
General information
Location	Drws-y-Nant, Gwynedd Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 August 1868 [1]	Opened
18 Jan 1965	Closed to passengers
4 May 1964	Closed to goods [2]
Location

Drws-y-Nant railway station (Pron: Droos-a-Nant) in Gwynedd, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line.

The station had two platforms with a passing loop, plus a small goods yard with a dock for loading livestock. According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, L & H and there was no crane. ^[3]

Part of the station survives today with two whole platforms, and a nearby crossing cottage. The station is visible from the road near the line.

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Wnion Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Bala and Dolgelly Railway		Garneddwen Halt Line and station closed

References

1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 159
2. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN   0-905466-19-5
3. 1956, Official Handbook of Stations , British Transport Commission

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Ruabon to Barmouth. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 86-87. ISBN   9781906008840. OCLC   651922152.

52°47′27″N3°45′18″W / 52.7909°N 3.7551°W / 52.7909; -3.7551