Alt-y-Graig railway station

Alt-y-Graig railway station Allt-y-Graig
General information
Location	Wales
Coordinates	53.310410°N 3.414402°W / 53.310410; -3.414402
Grid reference	SJ058802
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	LMSR
Key dates
1 Feb 1929	Opened as Alt-y-Craig
8 July 1929	Renamed Allt-y-Graig
22 Sep 1930	Closed

Dyserth branch line
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

Alt-y-Craig railway station (later renamed Allt-y-Graig) was an unstaffed halt at Talargoch, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, on the Dyserth branch line. Like Woodland Park further down the line, passengers would have had to access the station from a hill. The only piece of railway history that remains here is the bridge that people now walk on.

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 A passenger service was instituted in 1905 but lasted only until 1930, when it was withdrawn by the LMS.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.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Dyserth Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Dyserth Branch Line		Meliden Line and station closed

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.
• 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.

External links

• disused-stations.org.uk