Drws-y-Nant railway station

Drws-y-Nant
The station cottage in 2001
General information
Location	Drws-y-Nant, Gwynedd Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 August 1868[1]	Opened
18 Jan 1965	Closed to passengers
4 May 1964	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.

Neighbouring stations

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Ruabon to Barmouth. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 86-87. ISBN 9781906008840. OCLC 651922152.

52°47′27″N 3°45′18″W / 52.7909°N 3.7551°W / 52.7909; -3.7551

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