Llangollen and Corwen Railway

Llangollen and Corwen Railway Act 1860
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act for making a Railway from Llangollen in the County of Denbigh to Corwen in the County of Merioneth, and for other Purposes.
Citation23 & 24 Vict. c. clxxxviii
Dates
Royal assent6 August 1860
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Llangollen and Corwen Railway was formed as a continuation of the Vale of Llangollen Railway to continue the line along the Dee Valley a further 9 miles 50 chains (15.5 km) to Corwen. This was opened on throughout on 8 May 1865 and was worked by the Great Western Railway and subsequently the Western Region of British Railways.[1]

It was closed by British Railways in 1968, but the line survives today, and has operated as a heritage railway since 1981.[2]

References

  1. ^ Baughan, Peter E. (1980). North and Mid Wales. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 138. ISBN 0-7153-7850-3.
  2. ^ Heath, Mike (2005). The Llangollen railway. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 3. ISBN 1841144436.

See also

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