Ruabon railway station
Ruabon 
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| Welsh: Rhiwabon | |
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The station building
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| Location | |
| Place | Ruabon |
| Local authority | Wrexham |
| Grid reference | SJ303438 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | RUA |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 82,110 |
| 2012/13 |
93,796 |
| 2013/14 |
 93,276 |
| 2014/15 |
99,782 |
| 2015/16 |
92,986 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 4 November 1846 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ruabon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Ruabon railway station is a combined rail and bus interchange serving Ruabon in Wrexham, Wales. It is the second busiest station in Wrexham in terms of passenger journeys, after the mainline station, Wrexham General. It is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line, which is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside which lasted until 1967.
Ruabon station was originally larger than at present, with an extensive marshalling yard with a turntable and goods depot accompanying it, and was the terminus of the Ruabon to Barmouth line which ran via Llangollen, Corwen and Dolgellau. This branch line was a victim of the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, closing to passengers in 1965 and completely three years later. The bay platform serving this route can still be seen at the station.
The original station building was Italianate in style and was designed by the architect Thomas Penson and opened on 4 November 1846. However, this was replaced by the current neo-Tudor style stone buildings, designed by Henry Robertson, in 1860. In 1870, refreshment rooms were added between the platforms serving Chester and Barmouth.
Following further cuts in the national railway service, Ruabon station became an unstaffed halt in 1974.
In 2009, it was decided Ruabon station should be refurbished at a cost of £77,000.
Currently, trains run on two routes operated by Arriva Trains Wales:
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