Drws-y-Nant railway station

Drws-y-Nant
The station cottage in 2001
Location
Place	Drws-y-Nant
Area	Gwynedd
Operations
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
?	Opened
18 Jan 1965	Closed to passengers
4 May 1964	Closed to goods [1]
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Drws-y-Nant railway station (Pron: Droos-a-Nant) in Gwynedd, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line.

The station had two platforms with a passing loop, plus a small goods yard with a dock for loading livestock. According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, L & H and there was no crane.^[2]

Part of the station survives today with two whole platforms, and a nearby crossing cottage. The station is visible from the road near the line.

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Garneddwen Halt		Great Western Railway Ruabon Barmouth Line		Wnion Halt

References

1. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5
2. 1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission

Coordinates: 52°47′27″N 3°45′18″W / 52.7909°N 3.7551°W