Trevor railway station was formerly a station on the
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 ...
in north-east
Wales
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. The line was double track between
Ruabon
Ruabon ( cy, Rhiwabon ) is a village and 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 St Mabon, the original church ...
and
Llangollen
Llangollen () is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales. Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beau ...
and there was a signal box at Trevor.
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 station handled both goods and passenger traffic in 1956 and the goods yard was equipped with a 3-ton crane.
[1956, '']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 ...
'', British Transport Commission
There were also private sidings from the neighbourbood of the station to the firebrick works in the middle of the village (via a level crossing), and to the Cefn Mawr Monsanto works. The latter also connected to the
Pontcysyllte Branch, and via the
Rhos Branch eventually rejoined the main line on the outskirts of Wrexham.
Neighbouring stations
References
External links
Trevor station on navigable 1952 O. S. map
Beeching closures in Wales
Disused railway stations in Wrexham County Borough
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965
1862 establishments in Wales
Former Great Western Railway stations
1965 disestablishments in Wales
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