Llandrillo railway station ( ɬandriːɬɔ) in

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, was a station on the

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. It was to have closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 but closed prematurely on 14 December 1964 due to flood damage. The station had a signal box and was a passing place on the single line. According to the

Official Handbook of Stations The ''Official Handbook of Stations'' was a large book (, 494 pages) listing all the passenger and goods stations, as well as private sidings, on the railways of Great Britain and Ireland. It was published in 1956 by the British Transport Commiss ...

the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H & C and there was a 1-ton crane.1956, ''

'', British Transport Commission

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Llandrillo station on navigable 1946 O.S. map
Beeching closures in Wales Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Disused railway stations in Denbighshire Former Great Western Railway stations {{Wales-railstation-stub

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