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Llangollen Railway

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The Llangollen Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Llangollen) is a volunteer-run heritage railway in Denbighshire, North Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Corwen. [1]

31 relations: Bala Lake Railway, Beeching cuts, Berwyn railway station, Berwyn range, Carrog, Coach (bus), Corwen, Deeside, Denbighshire, Double-track railway, Dyserth, Flint, Great Western Railway, Heritage railway, Holyhead, Ifor Williams Trailers, Llangollen, Llangollen and Corwen Railway, Llangollen railway station, London and North Western Railway, North Wales, Prestatyn, River Dee, Wales, Rolling stock, Royal assent, Royal Dutch Shell, Ruabon–Barmouth line, Shrewsbury–Chester line, Standard-gauge railway, Vale of Llangollen Railway, Wales.

Bala Lake Railway

The Bala Lake Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid) is a narrow-gauge railway along the southern shore of Bala Lake in Gwynedd, North Wales.

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

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Berwyn railway station

Berwyn railway station in Denbighshire, Wales, is a heritage railway station on the preserved Llangollen Railway.

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Berwyn range

The Berwyn range (Welsh: Y Berwyn or Mynydd y Berwyn) is an isolated and sparsely populated area of moorland in the northeast of Wales, roughly bounded by Llangollen in the northeast, Corwen in the northwest, Bala in the southwest, and Oswestry in the southeast.

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Carrog

Carrog is a village in Denbighshire, Wales.

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Coach (bus)

A coach (also motor coach) is a type of bus used for conveying passengers.

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Corwen

Corwen is a Town, community and electoral ward in the county of Denbighshire in Wales; it was previously part of the county of Merioneth.

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Deeside

Deeside (Glannau Dyfrdwy) is the name given to a predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire close to the Wales–England border lying near the canalised stretch of the River Dee that flows from neighbouring Chester into the Dee Estuary.

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Denbighshire

Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) is a county in north-east Wales, named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but with substantially different borders.

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Double-track railway

A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.

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Dyserth

Dyserth (Diserth) is a village and electoral ward in Denbighshire, Wales.

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Flint

Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Holyhead

Holyhead (Caergybi, "Cybi's fort") is a town in Wales and a major Irish Sea port serving Ireland.

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Ifor Williams Trailers

Ifor Williams Trailers are the United Kingdom's largest manufacturer of trailers under, based in Corwen, Denbighshire, North Wales.

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Llangollen

Llangollen is a small town and community in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, situated on the River Dee and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains.

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Llangollen and Corwen Railway

The Llangollen and Corwen Railway was formed as a continuation of the Vale of Llangollen Railway to continue the line along the Dee Valley a further to Corwen.

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Llangollen railway station

Llangollen railway station in the town of Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, is a preserved railway station on the former Ruabon to Barmouth Line, and now the eastern terminus of the preserved Llangollen Railway.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.

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North Wales

North Wales (Gogledd Cymru) is an unofficial region of Wales.

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Prestatyn

Prestatyn is a seaside resort, town and community in Denbighshire, Wales.

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River Dee, Wales

The River Dee (Afon Dyfrdwy, Deva Fluvius) is a river in the United Kingdom.

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Rolling stock

The term rolling stock in rail transport industry originally referred to any vehicles that move on a railway.

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Royal assent

Royal assent or sanction is the method by which a country's monarch (possibly through a delegated official) formally approves an act of that nation's parliament.

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Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is a British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom.

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Ruabon–Barmouth line

The Ruabon–Barmouth line was a standard-gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway across the north of Wales which connected Ruabon, in the east, with Barmouth on the west coast.

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Shrewsbury–Chester line

The Shrewsbury–Chester line, also known as the Severn–Dee Mainline (after the rivers on which Shrewsbury and Chester stand), was built in 1846 as the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Vale of Llangollen Railway

The Vale of Llangollen Railway was built as a spur from the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway south of Ruabon to the town of Llangollen.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Rheilffordd Llangollen.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llangollen_Railway

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