Ruabon railway station

Infobox UK station
name=Ruabon
"Rhiwabon"
locale=Ruabon
manager=Arriva Trains Wales
borough=Wrexham
gridref=SJ303438
platforms=2
start=4 November 1846
lowusage0405 = 32,414
lowusage0506 = 39,854
lowusage0607 = 46,623
code = RUA

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, closing to passengers in 1964. 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:
* Birmingham New Street or Shrewsbury and Chester via Wrexham General (two-hourly service each way, seven days per week)
* Cardiff Central and Holyhead via Wrexham General, Chester and Bangor (also two-hourly each way, except on Sundays).

and one route operated by Wrexham & Shropshire:
* Wrexham General and London Marylebone via Shrewsbury, Telford Central and Tame Bridge Parkway.

External links

* [http://www.chester2shrewsburyrail.co.uk/ Chester to Shrewsbury Rail Partnership]

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