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Ruabon railway station is a combined rail and bus interchange serving Ruabon in Wrexham, Wales. It is the second busiest station in Wrexham in terms of passenger journeys, after the mainline station, Wrexham General. It is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line, which is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside which lasted until 1967. ==History== Ruabon station was originally larger than at present, with an extensive marshalling yard with a turntable and goods depot accompanying it, and was the terminus of the Ruabon to Barmouth line which ran via Llangollen, Corwen and Dolgellau.〔(Llangollen Railway - History of the Line ) Accessed 2014-06-03〕 This branch line was a victim of the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, closing to passengers in 1964 and completely four years later.〔(Llangollen Railway - History ) Accessed 2014-06-03〕 The bay platform serving this route can still be seen at the station. The original station building was Italianate in style and was designed by the architect Thomas Penson and opened on 4 November 1846. However, this was replaced by the current neo-Tudor style stone buildings, designed by Henry Robertson, in 1860. In 1870, refreshment rooms were added between the platforms serving Chester and Barmouth. Following further cuts in the national railway service, Ruabon station became an unstaffed halt in 1974. In 2009, it was decided Ruabon station should be refurbished at a cost of £77,000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ruabon railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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