Llandderfel | |
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General information | |
Location | Llandderfel, Gwynedd Wales |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1 Apr 1868 | Opened |
14 Dec 1964 | Closed to passengers |
4 May 1964 | Closed to goods [1] |
Llandderfel railway station in Gwynedd, Wales, was a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. It closed to passengers ahead of the scheduled closure date of Monday 18 January 1965 because of flooding by the River Dee which breached the line near Llandderfel on 14 December 1964. This section of the line was never re-opened. The station had a signal box and was a passing place on the single line. Today, no trace of the station buildings exist; however, the flight of steps that leads from the road overbridge down to where the platforms once were are still in situ, along with a small section of overgrown "up" platform a few yards up from the steps.
The steps take you beneath the B4401 where the arch of the railway bridge is still accessible. The old line is walkable but overgrown.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H & C but there was no crane.[2]