Alt-y-Graig railway station

Alt-y-Graig railway station

Allt-y-Graig
General information
LocationWales
Coordinates53°18′37″N 3°24′52″W / 53.310410°N 3.414402°W / 53.310410; -3.414402
Grid referenceSJ058802
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLMSR
Key dates
1 Feb 1929Opened as Alt-y-Craig
8 July 1929Renamed Allt-y-Graig
22 Sep 1930Closed[1][2][3]

Alt-y-Craig railway station (later renamed Allt-y-Graig) was an unstaffed halt at Talargoch, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, on the Dyserth branch line. Like Woodland Park further down the line, passengers would have had to access the station from a hill. The only piece of railway history that remains here is the bridge that people now walk on.

The branch line to Dyserth was opened by the LNWR in 1869, initially for mineral traffic only. A passenger service was instituted in 1905 but lasted only until 1930, when it was withdrawn by the LMS. The line remained open to serve a quarry at Dyserth until complete closure in 1973.[4]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Dyserth
Line and station closed 		  London and North Western Railway
Dyserth Branch Line 		  Meliden
Line and station closed
  1. ^ Quick 2009, p. 58.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 15 & 16.
  3. ^ "The station and line". Disused Stations.
  4. ^ "Visit Prestatyn - Railway Line History". Visit Prestatyn.