Drws-y-Nant railway station explained

Drws-y-Nant
Status:Disused
Borough:Drws-y-Nant, Gwynedd
Country:Wales
Platforms:2
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Years1:4 August 1868[1]
Events1:Opened
Years2:18 Jan 1965
Events2:Closed to passengers
Years3:4 May 1964
Events3:Closed to goods [2]

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.

Further reading

52.7909°N -3.7551°W

Notes and References

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