| Llangollen Railway Rheilffordd Llangollen | |
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| Locale | Wales, UK |
| Terminus | Eastern: Llangollen Western: Corwen |
| Coordinates | 52°58′19″N 3°10′30″W / 52.972°N 3.175°W |
| Commercial operations | |
| Name | Llangollen Railway |
| Original gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Preserved operations | |
| Operated by | Llangollen Railway Trust |
| Stations | 5, and 1 halt |
| Length | 10 miles (16 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 1862 |
| 1877 | Absorbed by Great Western Railway |
| 1964 | Closed |
| Preservation history | |
| 1975 | Llangollen railway station taken over by the Preservation Society & full restoration work and reconstruction begins |
| 1980 | Llangollen Railway, Granted Light Railway Order |
| 1981 | Pentrefelin reached as Line extended first time (but re-opened) |
| 1986 | Re-opening of extension to and Berwyn Re-opens |
| 1990 | Deeside Halt opens, line extended |
| 1993 | Glyndyfrdwy Reopens, line extended |
| 1996 | Opening of extension to and Carrog Re-opens |
| 2011 | Work starts on extension to Corwen |
| 2013 | Extension work reaches Bonwm Halt |
| 2014 | Extension work reaches Corwen, Corwen East opens. |
| 2019 | Corwen East station closes in preparation for line extension |
| 2023 | Extension to new Corwen station opens |
| Headquarters | Llangollen |
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The Llangollen Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Llangollen) is a volunteer-run heritage railway in Denbighshire, North Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Corwen. The standard gauge line, which is 10 miles (16 km) long, runs on part of the former Ruabon – Barmouth GWR route that closed in 1965. It operates daily services in the summer as well as weekends throughout the winter months, using a variety of mainly ex-GWR steam locomotives as well as several diesel engines and diesel multiple units. A 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) extension of the railway has been built to complete the line to Corwen.[1]
In March 2021 the railway company announced that, having made a loss in three consecutive years, they had invited their bank to appoint receivers.[2] Operation of the railway was handed over to the Llangollen Railway Trust, and the line reopened July 2021.[3]
- ^ Green, Les (2006), A Visitor's Guide to the Llangollen Railway and the Dee Valley, Steam at Llangollen
- ^ "Llangollen Railway PLC invites bank to appoint receivers". RailAdvent. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Holden, Michael (4 July 2021). "Trains return to the Llangollen Railway this July!". RailAdvent. Retrieved 4 July 2021.