GLYN VALLEY TRAMWAY

20th July 2007

The Glyn Valley Tramway was a 2’ 4½ “ gauge line opened in 1873 to link the slate quarries at Glyn Ceiriog to the Llangollen Canal at Chirk, a distance of approximately six miles. Initially the line was worked by gravity and horses but in it was converted to steam and re-routed through the Chirk Castle estate to meet the G.W.R. at Chirk Station.
The line closed in 1935. These pictures show the remains of the line at the Chirk end. I hope to photograph more of the route at a later date.
The Glyn Valley Tramway Trust are carrying out a feasibility study into reopening part of the Tramway. A link to their site can be found at the bottom of this page.

The site of the GVT station behind the main line station. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ284378	Looking towards the goods yard and exchange sidings from the site of the platform. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ284378	The station site seen from the opposite side with the main line station behind. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ284378	Gateway (left) which gave access to the platform from the road above. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ284378
A section of tramway rail which may have once suported a sign at the station entrance. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ284378	Commemorative plaque beneath the road bridge over the main line station. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ284378	Standing on the site of the platform with the road bridge in the background. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ284378	The road bridge over the line at Chirk looking towards the terminus. The station site is immediately behind the bridge. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ284377
The trackbed looking towards Glyn Ceiriog from the road bridge at Chirk. The standard gauge tracks are behind the fence on the left. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ284377	The trackbed running parallel to the standard gauge line. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ284376	The trackbed looking back towards the terminus from the same spot. At this point the line is running almost exactly above the canal tunnel. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ284376	Just before the trackbed swings away from the standard gauge line a short section has been returned to farm land. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ285375
A surviving bridge at the point where the tramway swings west away from the standard gauge line. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ285375	The trackbed is in a cutting as it turns west away from Chirk. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ285374	The trackbed then follows the B4500 road. 1st April 2007. OS: SJ285373	OS 1:25000 map of the Chirk area. The section of the tramway covered by the pictures has been marked in green.

Related Links: [ The Glyn Valley Tramway Trust ] Mapping images used on this site produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.