Caerwys railway station

Caerwys
The former station building in 1986
General information
Location	Afonwen, Flintshire Wales
Coordinates	53°14′02″N 3°18′37″W / 53.2338°N 3.3103°W / 53.2338; -3.3103
Grid reference	SJ126715
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
6 September 1869	Opened[1]
30 April 1962	Closed[1]
Location

Caerwys railway station was a station in Afonwen, Flintshire, Wales. The station was named for nearby Caerwys, opened on 6 September 1869 and closed on 30 April 1962.^[1][2]

A major event at the station in 1910 was the marriage of the stationmaster, Mr John Hughes of Penmaenmawr, to Dorothy B. Openshaw of Afonwen. After all due ceremony, the newly-wed couple caught the 2.24pm train from Caerwys destined for Bournemouth, for their honeymoon.^[3]

References

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1. "Station Name: Caerwys". Disused Stations. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 108. OCLC 931112387.
3. "The Station Master's Wedding". Denbighshire Free Press. 1 October 1910. p. 8.

Further reading

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• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 60-62. ISBN 9781908174321. OCLC 814270878.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bodfari Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway		Nannerch Line and station closed