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Carrog railway station in Denbighshire, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. A camping coach was positioned here by the Western Region from 1956 to 1962.[2] It was to have closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 but closed prematurely on 14 December 1964 due to flood damage. It was reopened in 1996 as part of the preserved Llangollen Railway. It is a passing place on the single line and has a signal box.

Carrog
Station on heritage railway
General information
Location	Carrog, Denbighshire Wales
Coordinates	52.9817°N 3.3155°W / 52.9817; -3.3155
Grid reference	SJ117435
Operated by	Llangollen Railway
Platforms	2
History
Original company	Llangollen and Corwen Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 May 1865[1]	Opened
4 May 1964	Closed to goods
14 Dec 1964[1]	Closed to passengers
2 May 1996	Reopened

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C but there was no crane.[3]

It is again an intermediate station on the preserved line with the completion of the extension to Corwen East, in October 2014. However, due to engineering works relating to the reopening of Corwen, Carrog is once again the terminus of the line until 1 October 2019.[4]

Services

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Corwen East		Llangollen Railway		Glyndyfrdwy
	Disused railways
Bonwm Halt		Great Western Railway Ruabon Barmouth Line		Glyndyfrdwy

References

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.
• McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Ruabon to Barmouth. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 40-42. ISBN 9781906008840. OCLC 651922152.

External links

• Friends of Carrog station website
• Carrog station on navigable 1952 O. S. map

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