Abertafol railway station
Abertafol | |
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Location | , Gwynedd Wales |
Line(s) | Cambrian Line |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
18 March 1935 | Station opens as Abertafol Halt |
6 May 1968 | Station renamed Abertafol |
14 May 1984 | Last Train |
30 September 1985 | Station closes (officially) |
Abertafol railway station was a halt located on the north shore of the Dyfi estuary in the old Welsh county of Merionethshire (south Gwynedd).
History[]
Opened by the Great Western Railway on 18 March 1935 and originally named Abertafol Halt, the station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was renamed Abertafol on 6 May 1968. It was officially closed by the British Railways Board on 30 September 1985, the last train having stopped on 14 May 1984.[1]
The site today[]
Trains on the Cambrian Line pass the site of the former halt. There are no remains of the wooden platform to be seen today. Only the access steps down the cliff from the A493 road are left.
Notes[]
References[]
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
External links[]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Gogarth Line open, station closed |
Great Western Railway | Penhelig Halt Line and station open |
Coordinates: 52°33′10″N 3°59′49″W / 52.55283°N 3.99683°W
- Disused railway stations in Gwynedd
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1935
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1985
- Aberdyfi
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