Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway

The Ruthin and Cerrig-y-Drudion Railway was a proposed 1 ft 11+12 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.

Ruthin and Cerrig-y-druidion Railway Act 1876
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for making a Railway from Ruthin to Cerrig-y-druidion, in the County of Denbigh.
Citation39 & 40 Vict. c. lxxxi
Dates
Royal assent27 June 1876
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 2013
Status: Repealed
Ruthin and Cerrig-y-druidion Railway (Abandonment) Act 1884
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for the abandonment of the Ruthin and Cerrig-y-druidion Railway and for other purposes.
Citation47 & 48 Vict. c. lxx
Dates
Royal assent23 June 1884
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 2013
Status: Repealed

Although the bill was withdrawn, a second act (39 & 40 Vict. c. lxxxi) 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

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  • 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. 18:4. Railway and Canal Historical Society: 85–9. ISSN 0033-8834.