page_title: Llangollen Railway
section_title: Extension to Corwen
hierarchical_section_title: Llangollen Railway / Preservation / Extension to Corwen
caption_attribution_description: English: GWR 2884 class locomotive number 3802 at Deeside Halt with a goods train during the Llangollen Railway steam gala weekend, 10/04/2011.
context_page_description: The Llangollen Railway is a volunteer-run heritage railway in Denbighshire, North Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Corwen. The standard gauge line, which is 10 miles long, runs on part of the former Ruabon - Barmouth GWR route that closed in 1965. It operates daily services in the summer as well as weekends throughout the winter months, using a variety of mainly ex-GWR steam locomotives as well as several diesel engines and diesel multiple units.
  A 2 ¹⁄₂ miles extension of the railway has been built to complete the line to Corwen.
context_section_description: In 2011, work (including reconstruction work) finally started on the 2 ¹⁄₂ miles (4.0 km) section of track past the site of the closed Bonwm Halt to Corwen. As the former Corwen railway station site has been in private use as an Ifor Williams Trailers showroom since 1990, and the track bed in between also sub-divided, a new temporary station was built on the eastern side of the town.
  The first stage of the project was completed in late 2014, with special trains running on 22 October 2014 to the new station at Corwen East for those who had contributed to the project. Regular passenger services to Corwen East started on 27 October 2014.  The official opening, on 1 March 2015, was marked by a special train.
  The section marks the full operational length of the preserved line. The trust cannot extend eastwards towards Ruabon, or westwards to Cynwyd as the trackbed was not safeguarded against modern development. The final stage is a new station, Corwen Central, with permanent facilities and a run round loop.
caption: GWR 2884 Class number 3802 pulling a goods train during the Llangollen Railway steam gala weekend in 2011.
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