Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway explained

Short Title:Ruthin and Cerrig-y-druidion Railway Act 1876
Type:Act
Parliament:Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:An Act for making a Railway from Ruthin to Cerrig-y-druidion, in the County of Denbigh.
Year:1876
Citation:39 & 40 Vict. c. lxxxi
Royal Assent:27 June 1876
Repealing Legislation:Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013
Status:repealed
Collapsed:yes
Short Title:Ruthin and Cerrig-y-druidion Railway (Abandonment) Act 1884
Type:Act
Parliament:Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:An Act for the abandonment of the Ruthin and Cerrig-y-druidion Railway and for other purposes.
Year:1884
Citation:47 & 48 Vict. c. lxx
Royal Assent:23 June 1884
Repealing Legislation:Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013
Status:repealed
Collapsed:yes

The Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway was a proposed narrow gauge railway that would have linked the towns of Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion in Denbighshire, Wales. A bill was put before Parliament in 1873, promoting the railway, which was intended to meet the planned branch of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways from Beddgelert at Cerrig-y-Drudion.

Although the bill was withdrawn, a second act (39 & 40 Vict. c. lxxxi) was successfully passed in June 1876. Some construction work started in 1879, but was abandoned in 1884. The route can be traced for about 8km (05miles) from Ruthin LNWR station to Cefn-yr-iwrch farm between Bontuchel and Cyffylliog.

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