Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway

Ruthin and Cerrig-y-druidion Railway Act 1876
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for making a Railway from Ruthin to Cerrig-y-druidion, in the County of Denbigh.
Citation39 & 40 Vict. c. lxxxi
Dates
Royal assent27 June 1876
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 2013
Status: Repealed
Ruthin and Cerrig-y-druidion Railway (Abandonment) Act 1884
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for the abandonment of the Ruthin and Cerrig-y-druidion Railway and for other purposes.
Citation47 & 48 Vict. c. lxx
Dates
Royal assent23 June 1884
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 2013
Status: Repealed

The Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway was a proposed 1 ft 11+12 in (597 mm) 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Although the bill was withdrawn, a second act (39 & 40 Vict.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 8 km (5.0 mi) from Ruthin LNWR station to Cefn-yr-iwrch farm between Bontuchel and Cyffylliog.