Exploring Llandderfel Railway Station site - abandoned closed disused - Corwen Bala GWR 02.07.2023

A look around Llandderfel Station, a village station which was located between Bala and Corwen on the Great Western Railway's Ruabon to Barmouth line in North Wales.
The station opened in 1868 and closed in 1964. It was meant to close a month later but was shut early due to flooding on the line. In 1889 Queen Victoria once alighted the Royal Train at this location when visiting the nearby Pale Hall.
Today a concrete staircase which led down to the Corwen platform survives, as does the bridge carrying a B road over the site. The platforms seem to be buried, and the land between the two platforms has been in filled up to the same height.
There was an attempt to build a couple of holiday lets on the site. The remains of these survive.
#Llandderfel #abandonedstation #disusedstation
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[@geoffbrookes4594]

Aaahhh……my favourite bit of railway…..a glorious 54 miles of amazing scenery from Ruabon to Barmouth Junction. I travelled over it many times in my younger days, including the last week of operation. I hated school. If I got bored or angry with some hostile teacher, I would look at my watch and wonder how far the 0927 departure from Ruabon had got. I could imagine the landscape and some peace came back into my life. Sadly missed. Thanks. 🚂🚴‍♂️👣🇺🇦

[@RWHTrains]

Thanks for sharing. Must have been a really nice route such a shame it was closed. It would probably be really busy these days

[@RWHTrains]

Definitely

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Very nice piece 👏🏻👍

[@RWHTrains]

Thanks 👍

[@maimadha]

Great video,

[@RWHTrains]

Thanks Madeline

[@christelbraune4530]

Thank you

[@levelcrossing150]

A great but sad video to see how this area has changed. I've not been down there since the late 70's when the track bed was still quite open. I think the buildings were not long demolished after years of decay. You could easily walk down the track bed towards Bala and discover the tunnel. Many thanks.

[@RWHTrains]

Thanks. It is such a shame to see these station sites left like this. If they are never to reopen as railways, it would be much better to see them made into pathways and the sites preserved to some degree

[@levelcrossing150]

@@RWHTrains Yes I agree. In North Wales the LNWR's stations to me appeared functional and the GWR stations were of quality being particularly attractive. I saw most of them along this line some years after closure, each one quite different and most beautiful. At closure they appeared to be in good order and it was heartbreaking to see them deteriorate some years later. Once the roofs had gone they had had it. When they closed they had the wrong guy in charge with all the wrong interests, had it been someone else then some lines may have stood a chance.

[@RWHTrains]

Yes totally agree. The GWR ones on this line seem more individual in design and LNWR ones on the coast are more functional. The settings on the Ruabon line help as well certainly at Llangollen and Berwyn.

[@levelcrossing150]

@@RWHTrains Absolutely, nowhere else can match them.

[@RWHTrains]

@@levelcrossing150 true there is some lovely scenery along that line

[@alistairkewish651]

Well, closing down an entire rail route on account of flooding seems like a very feeble excuse. Unless your name is E. Marples, of course.