Foryd railway station (later known as Kinmel Bay Halt) was a railway station built to serve Kinmel Bay, then in Flintshire but now in Conwy County Borough, Wales.
Foryd | |
|---|---|
 Site of the station in 1993 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Kinmel Bay, Conwy County Borough Wales |
| Coordinates | 53°18′26″N 3°31′44″W / 53.3073°N 3.5289°W |
| Grid reference | SH981800 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Vale of Clwyd Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 5 October 1858 | Opened |
| 20 April 1885 | Closed |
| 11 May 1885 | New station opened |
| 2 July 1917 | Closed |
| 1 July 1919 | Reopened |
| 5 January 1931 | Closed |
| 4 June 1938 | Reopened as Kinmel Bay Halt |
| 10 September 1938 | Closed |
| 19 June 1939 | Reopened |
| 2 September 1939 | Closed[1] |
| 9 October 1948 | Officially closed |
History
editThe original Foryd station was opened on 5 October 1858 and was situated on the Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway,[2] incorporating a station house designed by the Denbigh firm of Lloyd Williams and Underwood.[3] The station was then moved to its second site, this time on the North Wales Coast Line, on 20 April 1885.[4] where it remained until its closure in 1948. There were four tracks running through the station, two slow and two fast, with the two platforms located adjacent to the slow tracks.
As was the case with many smaller stations of the time Foryd closed temporarily as a war economy measure between 2 July 1917 and 1 July 1919. The station continued to be used for only 12 years after this, closing again in 1931. It was then renamed to Kinmel Bay and experimentally re-opened during the summers of 1938 and 1939. Services never ran from there again and the station was permanently closed on 9 October 1948.[5] Nothing remains of either the station buildings or platforms, although the busy North Wales Coast Line still runs through the site.
In 2009 there was much speculation that a new station was to be built in the area.[5] January 2013 saw the North Wales Weekly News announce that £20 million had been earmarked for new stations in the UK and that funds would be applied for from this pot for the scheme.[6] However just a month later the Taith Joint Board, the North Wales transport consortium, pulled out of seeking funding for the project, stating that the "necessary infrastructure improvements have not been carried out".[7]
References
edit- ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ^ Wright, Paul; Price, Bevan. "Foryd (Kinmel Bay Halt)". Disused Stations.
- ^ Lowe, Jeremy B. (1985). Welsh Country Workers Housing 1775-1875. National Museum Wales. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-72000-298-0.
- ^ "Railways". Rhyl History Club.
- ^ a b "Towyn on track for station resurrection after 70 years". North Wales Weekly News. 26 February 2009.
- ^ "Kinmel Bay and Towyn to get train stations". North Wales Weekly News. 31 January 2013.
- ^ "No funding application for train station in Towyn and Kinmel Bay". Rhyl Journal. 21 February 2013.
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Branch Lines around Denbigh. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 6. ISBN 9781908174321. OCLC 814270878.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Rhyl to Bangor. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 12. ISBN 9781908174154. OCLC 859594415.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhyl Line and station open |
London and North Western Railway North Wales Coast Line |
Abergele and Pensarn Line and station open | ||