Tygwyn railway station

Tygwyn
Tygwyn railway station has been "adopted" by the local community for maintenance and decoration.
Location	Glan-y-wern, Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	52°53′37″N 4°04′43″W / 52.893728°N 4.078597°W / 52.893728; -4.078597Coordinates: 52°53′37″N 4°04′43″W / 52.893728°N 4.078597°W / 52.893728; -4.078597
Grid reference	SH602349
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	TYG
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
11 July 1927	opened
Passengers
2016/17	1,802
2017/18	1,580
2018/19	1,330
2019/20	1,062
2020/21	4
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Tygwyn railway station is located at a level crossing on the A496 between Harlech and Talsarnau near the estuary of the Afon Dwyryd in Gwynedd, Wales.

History[]

Looking north from the platform.

British Rail requested the permission of the Secretary of State for Transport to close Tygwyn and three other Cambrian Coast stations (namely Abererch, Llandecwyn and Tonfanau) during the mid-1990s. Their winter 1995/96 timetable featured only two northbound and three southbound trains Mondays to Saturdays, with a note that the service may be withdrawn before 1 June 1996.^[1] The closure plans were eventually dropped and the station remains open today with a much improved service (all but one northbound train is scheduled to call (on request) in the summer 2016 timetable).^[2]

Since 22 June 2020, trains have not called at the station due to the short platform and the inability to maintain social distancing between passengers and the guard when opening the train door.^[3]

Services[]

The station remains as an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Most trains call only on request.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Harlech		Transport for Wales Cambrian Coast Line		Talsarnau
	Historical railways
Harlech Line and station open		Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Cambrian Railways		Talsarnau Line and station open

References[]

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links[]

Media related to Tygwyn railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Tygwyn railway station from National Rail
• RAILSCOT on Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway

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