Tygwyn railway station
![]() 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°WCoordinates: 52°53′37″N 4°04′43″W / 52.893728°N 4.078597°W |
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 | ![]() |
2017/18 | ![]() |
2018/19 | ![]() |
2019/20 | ![]() |
2020/21 | ![]() |
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[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Tygwyn_railway_station_MMB_04.jpg/220px-Tygwyn_railway_station_MMB_04.jpg)
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featured only two northbound and three southbound trains Mondays to Saturdays, with a note that the service may be withdrawn before 1 June 1996.[1] The closure plans were eventually dropped and the station remains open today with a much improved service (all but one northbound train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 | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Transport for Wales Cambrian Coast Line | ||||
Historical railways | ||||
Harlech Line and station open |
Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Cambrian Railways |
Talsarnau Line and station open |
References[]
- ^ Regional Railways Central: "Cambrian Coaster Train Times", September 1995
- ^ Table 76 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ^ "Covid-19 timetable from 29 March 2021". tfwrail.wales. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- 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
- Railway stations in Gwynedd
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1927
- Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail
- Railway request stops in Great Britain
- Talsarnau
- Wales railway station stubs