Corwen Central station

Corwen opening on target as Llangollen fills embankment ‘Gap’ to complete trackbed

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Sam Hewitt

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25th June 2019

THE Llangollen Railway is another step closer having trains able to run into its new Corwen Central station following the filling of the ‘Gap’ in the embankment immediately east of the station site. After six solid days’ effort by contractor and volunteers, the northern batter (boundary) of the embankment was completed on May 14. About…
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Final push for Llangollen Railway’s £10,000 appeal to fill the Corwen ‘gap’

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

THE Llangollen Railway’s appeal to raise £10,000 to help fund the infilling of the ‘Gap’ in the embankment at its new Corwen Central station site had reached the £7,800 mark by mid-March. Support has come from all over the country as promotion of the appeal has spread, helped by a BBC news item on the…
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Llangollen line launches ‘infill’ appeal

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Sam Hewitt

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16th January 2019

A TARGETED appeal to infill a 150-yard gap in an embankment just east of the new Corwen Central station has been launched by the Llangollen Railway (LR). The section of embankment was originally bulldozed to provide an alternative access point to the neighbouring sewage farm, but was subsequently widened in 2013 by contractors for the…
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