Index
- Prestatyn to Dyserth Home
- Prestatyn 1st
- Prestatyn 2nd
- Prestatyn Chapel Street
- Woodland Park
- St Melyd Golf Links
- Meliden
- Allt-y-Graig
- Dyserth
Prestatyn Chapel Street
(1906 - 1930 )
Chapel Street opened on January 29 1906 consisting of a short, low platform adjacent to a footpath crossing
At the time of opening Chapel Street was served by a ‘railmotor’ that ran between Prestatyn station and Dyserth. When the line opened there were eight services in each direction during the summer months which reduced to five during the winter, and no Sunday service, but by the summer of 1906 this had improved to 14 trains a day in each direction
During the 1920s, the effects of competition from motor bus services began to be reflected in reduced traffic on the branch. The ‘General Strike’ of 1926 did not help matters as it encouraged even more passengers to desert the railway
LMS withdrew the passenger service on September 22 1930 and the line reverted to being purely a freight route, and stone trains continued to pass through Chapel Street regularly until September 7 1973
Even after 1973 trains occasionally passed through, but the traffic had ceased by 1980 and the track was lifted in that year. Attempts were made to reopen the line as a preserved railway, but the plans came to nothing and the trackbed was developed into a footpath
At the time of opening Chapel Street was served by a ‘railmotor’ that ran between Prestatyn station and Dyserth. When the line opened there were eight services in each direction during the summer months which reduced to five during the winter, and no Sunday service, but by the summer of 1906 this had improved to 14 trains a day in each direction
During the 1920s, the effects of competition from motor bus services began to be reflected in reduced traffic on the branch. The ‘General Strike’ of 1926 did not help matters as it encouraged even more passengers to desert the railway
LMS withdrew the passenger service on September 22 1930 and the line reverted to being purely a freight route, and stone trains continued to pass through Chapel Street regularly until September 7 1973
Even after 1973 trains occasionally passed through, but the traffic had ceased by 1980 and the track was lifted in that year. Attempts were made to reopen the line as a preserved railway, but the plans came to nothing and the trackbed was developed into a footpath
