Meliden railway station

Former railway station in Wales

53°18′52″N 3°24′42″W / 53.314418°N 3.411659°W / 53.314418; -3.411659Grid referenceSJ060806Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryPre-groupingLNWRPost-groupingLMSRKey dates28 August 1905Opened22 September 1930Closed to passengers[1][2][3]1 April 1957Closed for freight
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Dyserth branch line
Legend

North Wales Coast Line

Prestatyn
Gas works
to Penrhwylfa Brickworks
 Chapel Street
Bryn Rhosyn LC
 Woodland Park
St. Melyd Golf Links
Meliden Works Siding
 Meliden
Talargoch Lead Mine
 Allt-y-Graig
Castle Limestone Siding
Castle Quarry
Hobbs' Siding
 Dyserth
Stone Loading Siding
Dyserth Quarry
Marian Mill

Meliden railway station served the mining village of Meliden, Flintshire (now Denbighshire), Wales, on the Dyserth branch line. It was used as a way of shipping minerals from the nearby quarries at Dyserth to Prestatyn. The branch line to Dyserth 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 A passenger service was instituted in 1905 but lasted only until 1930, when it was withdrawn by the LMS. The line remained open to serve a quarry at Dyserth until complete closure in 1973. Since closure the Prestatyn to Dyserth railway has become a nature walk. All that remains is the loading gauge and goods shed.[4]

Goods shed and loading gauge


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Allt-y-Graig
Line and station closed 		  London and North Western Railway
Dyserth Branch Line 		  St. Melyd Golf Links
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ Quick 2009, p. 270.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 157.
  3. ^ "The station and line". Disused Stations.
  4. ^ "Visit Prestatyn - Railway Line History". Visit Prestatyn.

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Chester to Rhyl. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 113-114. ISBN 9781906008932. OCLC 795178960.