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.

Although the bill was withdrawn, a second Act was successfully passed in June 1876. Some construction work started in 1879, but was abandoned in 1884. The route can be traced for about 8km from Ruthin LNWR station to Cefn-yr-iwrch farm between Bontuchel and Cyffylliog.

References

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