Denbigh railway station

Not to be confused with Denbigh Hall railway station.

Denbigh
General information
Location	Denbigh, Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Vale of Clwyd Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
5 October 1858	first (temporary) station opened
December 1860	Opened
30 April 1962	Closed
4 May 1964	closed for goods
1965	line closed

Goods shed before demolition

Denbigh station site in 2018, now occupied by retail units

Denbigh railway station served the town of Denbigh in Wales. It closed in 1962. The only remains of the station are sections of platform edge.

The Vale of Clwyd Railway had used a temporary stop at Denbigh from 1858 until their station buildings, which also housed their headquarters, were constructed. The station was designed, along with several other stations on the line, by the local firm of Lloyd Williams and Underwood. It opened in December 1860 and was for some time the terminus of the railway, until the line extension to Ruthin opened in 1862.

The Tudor Gothic-style station building, which incorporated accommodation on the first-floor for the station master, primarily used limestone, with detailing such as around the doors, windows and chimneys being of freestone. The booking and left luggage offices were placed centrally, and there were three waiting rooms - a general room, one for ladies travelling first-class and another for those ladies travelling second-class. There was an initially single platform, partly sheltered by a roof supported by cast iron columns. That platform was extended in 1885 and altered also to allow trains to stop regardless of their direction of travel.

Railtours

A rail enthusiasts tour of the region called at the site of Denbigh station on 24 September 1966.

References

• Cooper, Paul (July 2021). Roden, Andrew (ed.). "A Railtour to the Conway Valley". Steam World (409). ISSN 0959-0897.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 95-109. ISBN 9781908174321. OCLC 814270878.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		London and North Western Railway Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway		Llanrhaiadr
Bodfari		Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway		Terminus
Trefnant		London and North Western Railway Vale of Clwyd Railway		Terminus