Llangollen then and now

Llangollen station

Designated for closure under the Beeching cuts, the station closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965^[1] but the section between Ruabon and Llangollen Goods Yard remained opened for freight traffic until April 1968. Immediately afterwards the track was removed from the whole line between Ruabon and Barmouth Jn.

From the above to today below

The Flint and Deeside Railway Preservation Society was founded in 1972, with the aim of preserving one of the regions "axed" railways. Originally the society was interested in preserving the Dyserth to Prestatyn line; however that line was deemed unsuitable because a small amount of freight traffic was still using it.^[5] The society refocused its attention on the Llangollen to Corwen section of the Ruabon to Barmouth line. The local council granted a lease on the Llangollen railway station building, as well as 3 miles (4.8 km) of track, with the hope that the railway would improve the local economy and bring more tourists to Llangollen. The station reopened on 13 September 1975, with just 60 feet (18.3 m) of track.^[6]

The station was fully reopened in 1981 by the preserved Llangollen Railway as its eastern terminus, and has been subsequently been extended westwards to reopened in stages, to its present length of 9.5 miles (15.3 km).^[6] The refurbished station now encloses the Robertson Suite, which is available for hire as a venue for licensed weddings, functions or training.

See more at http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk/