page_title: Corris
section_title: Corris Railway Station
hierarchical_section_title: Corris / Corris Railway Station
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context_page_description: Corris is a village and community in the south of Snowdonia in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It lies in the historic county of Merionethshire/Sir Feirionnydd. Although the Snowdonia National Park covers much of the area around Corris, the village is not within the park.
  The name was first recorded in the thirteenth century and is derived from the Welsh corres. In this context it probably means 'little one', referring to the Afon Deri river, which that flows into the larger Afon Dulas at Aber Corris. Thus although the area is noted for its slate mines, the name Corris has no connection with the English word quarries. Other fanciful explanations include the following by Thomas Morgan: 'We find the forms Corys and Corus in the Cambrian Register for 1795. Some think the place takes its name from a saint called Corus. It is also said that Cunedda Wedig had a son called Coras. Others think that the river which gives the place its name, was called Corus from its making round excavations in the angles of its banks.' The name Corris is also shared with a small river in Denbighshire, a tributary of the Clywedog that in turn flows into the River Clwyd.
context_section_description: Corris railway station was a station on the former Corris Railway, a narrow gauge railway which carried slate from Aberllefenni through Machynlleth to be shipped from quays at Derwenlas and Morben on the River Dyfi. to Machynlleth. The station was open from 1883 until the end of passenger services, in December 1930. The Corris Railway Society has now restored part of the railway, from Corris to Maespoeth Junction, and passengers are carried by steam train on this section. The society has plans to extend further south in due course. Much of the abandoned route northwards to Aberllefenni and southwards to Machynlleth can still be traced.
  Corris Station was unusual in British narrow gauge railways in having an overall roof covering the main line through the station, although this was removed soon after the railway closed in 1948. Although the buildings containing the carriage shed, waiting room, stationmaster's office and toilets were demolished in 1968, the adjacent railway stable block, comprising parcels office, coachhouse, harness room and hayloft, still survives and is now used as the Corris Railway Museum. North of the station the line was carried over the Afon Deri on a high stone bridge, adjacent to the similar bridge carrying the main street through the village. This bridge is still standing.
caption: Corris railway station circa 1885.
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