Carrog railway station explained

Carrog
Type:Station on heritage railway
Borough:Carrog, Denbighshire
Country:Wales
Coordinates:52.9817°N -3.3155°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Operator:Llangollen Railway
Platforms:2
Original:Llangollen and Corwen Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Years1:1 May 1865
Events1:Opened
Years2:4 May 1964
Events2:Closed to goods
Years3:14 Dec 1964
Events3:Closed to passengers
Years4:2 May 1996
Events4:Reopened

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. It was to have closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 but closed prematurely on 14 December 1964 due to flood damage. 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.[1]

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. On re-opening it became the terminus of the preserved line but became an intermediate station with the completion of the extension to, in October 2014. Due to engineering works relating to the reopening of, Carrog again became the terminus of the line in 2019.[2] It regained its intermediate status once again in June 2023 when the new Corwen station opened. [3]

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Notes and References

  1. 1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission
  2. Web site: Timetables . Llangollen Railway . 10 July 2019.
  3. Web site: Holden . Michael . 2023-06-02 . Photos as Llangollen Railway steams into Corwen . 2023-06-03 . RailAdvent.