The Vale of Llangollen Railway was built as a spur from the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway south of Ruabon to the town of Llangollen. The line was built along the northern side of the Dee Valley and authorized by an Act of Parliament on 1 August 1859. It was initially opened for goods only on 1 December 1861 and to passenger traffic on 2 June 1862,[1] and was worked from the outset by the Great Western Railway.
The line ran from Llangollen Line Junction (0 miles 54 chains) and served Acrefair, Trevor (and Sun Bank Halt from 1905), before terminating at a temporary station in the east of Llangollen. In 1865 the line was extended by another Great Western Railway-backed line, the Llangollen & Corwen Railway, with the line using a new permanent station in Llangollen.
The Vale of Llangollen Railway Company was amalgamated with Great Western as from 1 July 1896 by means of the Great Western Railway (Additional Powers) Act 7 August 1896.[2]
^"History of the Line". www.llangollen-railway.org.uk. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^"Vale of Llangollen Railway Company: Miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the Vale of Llangollen Railway Company Dates: 1854-1896". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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