Ruabon railway station

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Ruabon
Rhiwabon

Location

Place

Ruabon

Local authority

Wrexham

Grid reference

SJ303438

Operations

Managed by

Arriva Trains Wales

Platforms in use

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

32,414

2005/06 *

39,854

History

Key dates

Opened 4 November 1846

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ruabon
Rhiwabon from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

UK Railways Portal

Ruabon railway station serves the village of Ruabon in the county borough of Wrexham, Wales. It is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line, which is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside.

It was originally a large station, with an extensive marshalling yard with a turntable and goods depot accompanying it, and was the terminus of the Ruabon to Barmouth line which ran via Llangollen, Corwen and Dolgellau. This branch line was a victim of the Beeching cuts in the 1960s. The bay platform serving this route can still be seen at the station.

The original station building was Italianate in style and was designed by the architect Thomas Penson. It opened on 4 November, 1846. However, this was replaced by the current neo-Tudor style stone buildings designed by Henry Robertson in 1860. In 1870 refreshment rooms were added between the platforms serving Chester and Barmouth.

Following further cuts in the national railway service, Ruabon station became an unstaffed halt in 1974.

Currently trains run on two routes operated by Arriva Trains Wales: