Meliden railway station

Meliden railway station
General information
Location	Wales
Coordinates	53°18′52″N3°24′42″W / 53.314418°N 3.411659°W / 53.314418; -3.411659
Grid reference	SJ060806
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	LNWR
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
28 August 1905	Opened
22 September 1930	Closed to passengers [1] [2] [3]
1 April 1957	Closed for freight
Location

v t e Dyserth branch line
Legend
North Wales Coast Line Prestatyn Gas works to Penrhwylfa Brickworks Chapel Street Bryn Rhosyn LC Woodland Park St. Melyd Golf Links Meliden Works Siding Meliden Talargoch Lead Mine Allt-y-Graig Castle Limestone Siding Castle Quarry Hobbs' Siding Dyserth Stone Loading Siding Dyserth Quarry Marian Mill

Meliden railway station served the mining village of Meliden, Flintshire (now Denbighshire), Wales, on the Dyserth branch line. It was used as a way of shipping minerals from the nearby quarries at Dyserth to Prestatyn. The branch line to Dyserth was opened by the LNWR in 1869, initially for mineral traffic only. A passenger service was instituted in 1905 but lasted only until 1930, when it was withdrawn by the LMS. The line remained open to serve a quarry at Dyserth until complete closure in 1973. Since closure the Prestatyn to Dyserth railway has become a nature walk. All that remains is the loading gauge and goods shed. ^[4]

Goods shed and loading gauge

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Allt-y-Graig Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Dyserth Branch Line		St. Melyd Golf Links Line and station closed

References

1. Quick 2009, p. 270.
2. Butt 1995, p. 157.
3. "The station and line". Disused Stations.
4. "Visit Prestatyn - Railway Line History". Visit Prestatyn.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL   11956311M.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Chester to Rhyl. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 113-114. ISBN   9781906008932. OCLC   795178960.