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Prestatyn Chapel Street railway station Chapel Street
The site of the trackbed in 2015
General information
Location	Wales
Coordinates	53°19′55″N 3°24′20″W / 53.331966°N 3.405648°W / 53.331966; -3.405648
Grid reference	SJ065826
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	LNWR
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
29 January 1906	Opened
22 September 1930	Closed

v t e Dyserth branch line
Legend
North Wales Coast Line Prestatyn Gas works to Penrhwylfa Brickworks Chapel Street Bryn Rhosyn LC Woodland Park St. Melyd Golf Links Meliden Works Siding Meliden Talargoch Lead Mine Allt-y-Graig Castle Limestone Siding Castle Quarry Hobbs' Siding Dyserth Stone Loading Siding Dyserth Quarry Marian Mill

Prestatyn Chapel Street railway station was the first stop on the Dyserth branch line (now a footpath). It was the only station on the line to have a level crossing. It is also unique because pieces of track have been built into the ground as a feature of historical interest. The platform and signs have long gone, but a remaining piece of railing would have been there to separate the road and the railway.

The branch line to Dyserth was opened by the LNWR in 1869, initially for mineral traffic only. A passenger service was instituted in 1905 but lasted only until 1930, when it was withdrawn by the LMS. The line remained open to serve a quarry at Dyserth until complete closure in 1973.

References

1. Quick 2009, p. 120.
2. Butt 1995, p. 57.
3. "The halt and the line". Disused Stations.
4. "Visit Prestatyn - Railway Line History". Visit Prestatyn.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Quick, Michael (2009) . Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

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