Dolgarrog Railway
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| Dolgarrog Railway | |
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 The station at Dolgarrog Aluminium Works, under construction in 2016. | |
| Terminus | Dolgarrog Aluminium Works |
| Coordinates | 53°11′20″N 3°50′12″W / 53.188800°N 3.83675°W |
| Connections | Conwy Valley Line |
| Commercial operations | |
| Built by | Dolgarrog Aluminium |
| Original gauge | Standard gauge |
| Preserved operations | |
| Stations | 2 |
| Length | 1/2-mile |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 1916 |
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The Dolgarrog Railway was a half-mile-long standard-gauge industrial railway, in Dolgarrog, Conwy County Borough, Wales. It ran between Dolgarrog station and the Dolgarrog Aluminium Works, joining the LNWR Conwy Valley Line at a sidings near Dolgarrog station.[1][2]
In 1916, a standard-gauge railway was built, connecting the aluminium works to the Conwy Valley Line, then run by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). A station at Dolgarrog was built on the Conwy Valley Line to provide sidings and an interchange with the line to the aluminium works.[1] The line was used to transport materials to the works, aluminium from the works, and workers to and from Dolgarrog.[3]
After World War II, the railway was dismantled as transportation by road took over.[3]
