Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Druidion Railway (Abandonment) Act 1884 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act for the abandonment of the Ruthin and Cerrig-y-druidion Railway and for other purposes. |
Citation | 47 & 48 Vict. c. lxx |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 23 June 1884 |
Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 |
Status: Repealed |
The Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway was a proposed 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway that would have linked the towns of Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion in Denbighshire, Wales. A bill was put before Parliament in 1873, promoting the railway, which was intended to meet the planned branch of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways from Beddgelert at Cerrig-y-Drudion.
Although the bill was withdrawn, a second Act was successfully passed in June 1876. Some construction work started in 1879, but was abandoned in 1884. The route can be traced for about 8 km (5.0 mi) from Ruthin LNWR station to Cefn-yr-iwrch farm between Bontuchel and Cyffylliog.
References
- Baughan, Peter E. (1980). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 11 North and Mid Wales (1st ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7850-3. OCLC 6823219.
- Baughan, Peter E. (1991). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 11 North and Mid Wales (2nd ed.). Nairn: David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-9465-3759-3. OCLC 26361284.
- Dean, R. J. (1972). "The Ruthin & Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway". Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society. Railway and Canal Historical Society. 18:4: 85–9. ISSN 0033-8834.
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