Corwen East railway station in the town of

Corwen Corwen is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. Historically, Corwen is part of the county of Merionethshire. Corwen stands on the banks of the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains. The town is situated west of Llango ...

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...

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, was a temporary station on the former

Ruabon to Barmouth Line Ruabon ( cy, Rhiwabon ) is a village and Community (Wales), community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The name comes from ''Rhiw Fabon'', ''rhiw'' being the Welsh word for "slope" or "hillside" and ''Fabon'' being a mutation from Mabyn, St M ...

. It was the western terminus of the preserved

Llangollen Railway The Llangollen Railway () is a volunteer-run heritage railway in Denbighshire, North Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Corwen. The standard gauge line, which is long, runs on part of the former Ruabon – Barmouth GWR route that c ...

from 2014 to 2018.

History

Corwen East Station in Denbighshire - geograph

Corwen East station was opened on 22 October 2014 as the temporary western terminus of the

. The first train was a private service for supporters of the Corwen Appeal. The first public service trains to Corwen East ran throughout the week commencing 27 October 2014 and at weekends until 9 November 2014. These first trains were considered a success, with nearly 4000 passengers travelling during the first ten days of trains to Corwen East. The first public services in 2015 ran during the Llangollen Railway's Winter Warmer event on 2–3 January. The first train ran using Class 104 DMU Nos. M50454 and M50528 on 2 January, departing from at 09.10 and arriving in Corwen East at 09.17. There was a formal opening ceremony on

Saint David's Day Saint David's Day ( cy, Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant or ; ), or the Feast of Saint David, is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March, the date of Saint David's death in 589 AD. The feast has been regularly celebrat ...

, 1 March 2015. Officials unveiled the bilingual Corwen name board "Dwyrain Corwen East", showing the station's name in both languages: ''Dwyrain Corwen'' and ''Corwen East''. The station was closed in November 2018 and dismantled in early 2019. It is now replaced by the permanent

station alongside the town's main car park.

Service

References

{{Denbighshire railway stations Llangollen Railway Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2014 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 2018 Heritage railway stations in Denbighshire Railway stations built for UK heritage railways 2014 establishments in Wales Corwen 2018 disestablishments in Wales