Talk:Glyn Valley Tramway

Visible remains
How much of the trackbed etc. is still visible? There were certainly recognisable bits in the 70s when I knew the area. My mother was from from Pentre and remembered it running. MarkMLl 21:34, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Prehistory
According to the book Regional History of The Railways of Great Britain Vol XI P45, the standard gauge "Ellesmere & Glyn Valley Railway" was authorised by an Act 6 Aug 1866 to run from Cambrian Railway at Ellesmere to the GWR at Chirk and thence to follow the Glyn Ceiriog road to the quarries. By Act of 1869, the Ellesmere to Chirk portion was abandoned and the remainder built to narrow gauge. In 1870 the company was reincorporated as the Glyn Valley Tramway.

These seem pretty significant facts to omit. However, the current authors of the article have used more comprehensive sources and so I am reluctant to add the above without alternate verification. John Melbourne (talk) 09:54, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I suspect that it was the attempt that was abandoned rather than any actual track- even finding survey records would be a major advance. The only visible line is to the Ifton pit and this post-dates the 1921 OS map e.g. MarkMLl (talk) 16:45, 15 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I didn't mean to imply that building the line from Ellesmere to Chirk was commenced, merely to note that authority was given for a standard gauge line between these places (and into the valley); and to suggest this fact might be added to the article if verified. I'm going to add the text to the history section. Please revert if necessary. John Melbourne