Prestatyn Chapel Street railway station was the first stop on the

Dyserth branch line The Dyserth branch line was a short standard-gauge mineral railway between the northern end of the Clwydian Range at Dyserth and the North Wales Coast Line at Prestatyn. The line was constructed by the London and North Western Railway in 1869; ...

(now a footpath). It was the only station on the line to have a level crossing. It is also unique because pieces of track have been built into the ground as a feature of historical interest. The platform and signs have long gone, but a remaining piece of railing would have been there to separate the road and the railway. The branch line to

Dyserth Dyserth ( cy, Diserth) is a village, community and electoral ward in Denbighshire, Wales. Its population at the 2011 United Kingdom census was 2,269 and was estimated by the Office for National Statistics as 2,271 in 2019. It lies within the h ...

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 A passenger service was instituted in 1905 but lasted only until 1930, when it was withdrawn by the

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. The line remained open to serve a quarry at Dyserth until complete closure in 1973. Chapel Street Tracks

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* * Disused railway stations in Denbighshire Prestatyn Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930 {{Wales-railstation-stub