Index
- Prestatyn to Dyserth Home
- Prestatyn 1st
- Prestatyn 2nd
- Prestatyn Chapel Street
- Woodland Park
- St Melyd Golf Links
- Meliden
- Allt-y-Graig
- Dyserth
Dyserth
(1905 - 1930 )
Dyserth station was located at the southern end of the Prestatyn to Dyserth line. The branch had been opened in 1869 by the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) to carry lead
and haematite from mines in the upper Prestatyn Valley to the Chester and Holyhead Main line at Prestatyn
At this time there was no passenger service, but goods stations were provided at Meliden and Dyserth
A regular passenger service started on Monday August 28 1905. There was a low platform comprising a single row of sleepers along the front and sides, with cinder infill to the rear, and a station sign at the back of the platform. At first there were no other passenger facilities, but within a few years two single-storey wooden buildings were erected. One of the huts was at the back of the platform and housed a booking office (the only one on the branch) and a general store, while the other was used as a waiting room and toilets
There were 8 services in each direction during the summer months which reduced to 5 during the winter, and no Sunday service, but by the summer of 1906 this had improved to 14 trains a day in each direction and by 1911, the service frequency had built up to 16 trains in each direction Monday to Friday and 15 on Saturdays
During the 1920s Dyserth station began to feel the effects of competition from motor bus services and this led to the LMS withdrawing passenger services on September 22 1930 after only 25 years of operation
The line reverted to being purely a freight route. Dyserth station closed to goods services on May 4 1964, but one daily stone train continued to operate to the station until September 7 1973
The track was lifted in 1980 and the local Council developed a footpath along the length of the line
At this time there was no passenger service, but goods stations were provided at Meliden and Dyserth
A regular passenger service started on Monday August 28 1905. There was a low platform comprising a single row of sleepers along the front and sides, with cinder infill to the rear, and a station sign at the back of the platform. At first there were no other passenger facilities, but within a few years two single-storey wooden buildings were erected. One of the huts was at the back of the platform and housed a booking office (the only one on the branch) and a general store, while the other was used as a waiting room and toilets
There were 8 services in each direction during the summer months which reduced to 5 during the winter, and no Sunday service, but by the summer of 1906 this had improved to 14 trains a day in each direction and by 1911, the service frequency had built up to 16 trains in each direction Monday to Friday and 15 on Saturdays
During the 1920s Dyserth station began to feel the effects of competition from motor bus services and this led to the LMS withdrawing passenger services on September 22 1930 after only 25 years of operation
The line reverted to being purely a freight route. Dyserth station closed to goods services on May 4 1964, but one daily stone train continued to operate to the station until September 7 1973
The track was lifted in 1980 and the local Council developed a footpath along the length of the line
