page_title: Ruabon railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ruabon railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of w:Ruabon railway station, looking south, showing the pedestrian footbridge. The footbridge is only used for access to platform 1, but the bridge continues toward the disused platforms that once served the w:Ruabon to Barmouth line
context_page_description: Ruabon railway station is a combined rail and bus interchange serving Ruabon in Wrexham, Wales. It is the second busiest station in Wrexham in terms of passenger journeys, after the mainline station, Wrexham General. It is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line, which is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside which lasted until 1967.
context_section_description: Ruabon station was originally larger than at present, with an extensive marshalling yard with a turntable and goods depot accompanying it, and was the terminus of the Ruabon to Barmouth line which ran via Llangollen, Corwen and Dolgellau. This branch line was a victim of the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, closing to passengers in 1965 and completely three years later. The bay platform serving this route can still be seen at the station, whilst the old goods yard has been redeveloped as a housing estate.
  The original station building was Italianate in style and was designed by the architect Thomas Penson and opened on 4 November 1846. However, this was replaced by the current neo-Tudor style stone buildings, designed by Henry Robertson, in 1860. In 1870, refreshment rooms were added between the platforms serving Chester and Barmouth.
  Following further cuts in the national railway service, Ruabon station became an unstaffed halt in 1974.  Only parts of both main platforms are now in use.
  In 2009, Ruabon station was refurbished at a cost of £70,000.  New shelters, lighting and passenger information system screens were provided as part of the Welsh Assembly-funded project.
caption: A fenced-off portion of the passenger footbridge leads to the disused platform
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