St. Melyd Golf Links railway station

Former railway station in Wales

53°19′21″N 3°24′11″W / 53.322612°N 3.402921°W / 53.322612; -3.402921Grid referenceSJ066815Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLMSRKey dates1 October 1923Opened22 September 1930Closed[1][2][3]
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Dyserth branch line
Legend

North Wales Coast Line

Prestatyn
Gas works
to Penrhwylfa Brickworks
Chapel Street
Bryn Rhosyn LC
Woodland Park
St. Melyd Golf Links
Meliden Works Siding
Meliden
Talargoch Lead Mine
Allt-y-Graig
Castle Limestone Siding
Castle Quarry
Hobbs' Siding
Dyserth
Stone Loading Siding
Dyserth Quarry
Marian Mill

St. Melyd Golf Links railway station was a stop on Dyserth branch line (now a footpath). Passengers would have to access from the Gwaenysgor facing side of the golf course. All that remains here is a post that has long overgrown with foliage. This post was probably used to bear the station name.

The branch line to Dyserth was opened by the LNWR in 1869, initially for mineral traffic only. A passenger service was instituted in 1905 but lasted only until 1930, when it was withdrawn by the LMS. The line remained open to serve a quarry at Dyserth until complete closure in 1973.[4]

Golf Course in Meliden


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Meliden
Line and station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Dyserth Branch Line
  Woodland Park
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ Quick 2009, p. 341.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 204.
  3. ^ "The halt and its history". Disused Stations.
  4. ^ "Visit Prestatyn - Railway Line History". Visit Prestatyn.

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.