carriage, steam-powered Motor Train for such lines, with the Dyserth Branch using the first example. The passenger service was a success before the First World War. Services were doubled and an additional unit provided for the motor trains. After the war the motor trains were replaced by locomotive-propelled push-pull trains. Road competition and the 1926 General Strike ate into profits, leading the London, Midland and Scottish Railway to withdraw the passenger service in 1930. The line remained open for minerals, parcels and general goods until the end of November 1951, when parcels and general goods traffic ended, leaving just coal to and limestone products from a quarry in that village. Coal traffic ended in May 1964, with lime and limestone traffic continuing until the line officially closed completely on 7 September 1973, although at least two special trains took stone away in 1974. The tracks were lifted in 1980, with the former trackbed now converted into a mixed-use footpath and bridleway. People of note Layton Maxwell (1979– ), footballer John Roberts (1853–1949), missionary References Bibliography External links http://www.dyserth.com Journal newspaper covering Dyserth Geograph (photos of Dyserth and surrounding area) Villages in Denbighshire Wards of Denbighshire