Trefnant railway station

Trefnant
The 4th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancasters detraining at Trefnant station, 1909
General information
Location	Trefnant, Denbighshire Wales
Coordinates	53°13′30″N3°25′13″W / 53.2250°N 3.4202°W / 53.2250; -3.4202
Grid reference	SJ051707
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Vale of Clwyd Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 October 1858	Opened [1]
19 September 1955	Closed to passengers [1]
5 August 1957	Closed [1]
Location

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

History

It opened in 1858 ^[1] and closed for passengers in 1955 and freight in 1957.^{[ citation needed ]} 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.