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Glyndyfrdwy, Denbighshire — a passing station on the Llangollen Railway

Glyndyfrdwy — crossing gates and a passing loop on the Llangollen Railway

Glyndyfrdwy, Denbighshire — a passing station on the Llangollen Railway

Glyndyfrdwy, Denbighshire, United Kingdom

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Where this camera films

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Camera position: 52.97660, -3.26660

Location
Glyndyfrdwy, Denbighshire, United Kingdom

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Train types

Heritage steam

About this cam

A Railcam UK camera at Glyndyfrdwy, a passing station on the Llangollen Railway's 10-mile line between Llangollen and Corwen, where volunteers still work a manual signal box and hand-operated level-crossing gates.

Glyndyfrdwy station opened in May 1865 under the Llangollen and Corwen Railway and was later run by the Great Western Railway, before closing to passengers in December 1964. Volunteers reopened it in spring 1993 as part of the Llangollen Railway's preservation of the line, which now runs ten miles from Llangollen through Glyndyfrdwy and Carrog to Corwen, restored as the western terminus in June 2023.

On the single-track line, Glyndyfrdwy works as a passing point: two platforms flank a signal box that volunteers still operate by hand, including the manually worked gates over the level crossing. The station takes its name from the nearby Owain Glyndwr Memorial Hall, which commemorates the Welsh leader's early-15th-century uprising.

What to watch for

Trains crossing at the passing loop while the signal box's volunteer crew works the points and the manual level-crossing gates — the reason this station exists on an otherwise single-track line. The Llangollen Railway is a heritage operation, so movements follow its published timetable rather than a continuous service.

The camera

Stream
Stream
Filming
Passenger station
Traffic
Heritage
Sound
Video only, no audio
Hours
Streams around the clock, 24/7
Camera movement
Fixed view
Feed checked
September 26, 2026

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