Abertafol railway station

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Abertafol
General information
Location Aber-Tafol, Gwynedd
Wales
Line(s) Cambrian Line
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
18 March 1935Station opens as Abertafol Halt
6 May 1968Station renamed Abertafol
14 May 1984Last Train
30 September 1985Station 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).

Contents

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. Renamed Abertafol on 6 May 1968, services were suspended from 14 May 1984 due to the deteriorating structural condition of the platform and cost of repairs needed. [1] The station was officially closed by the British Railways Board on 30 September 1985. [2]

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

  1. Slater, John, ed. (June 1984). "Cambrian halts decision". The Railway Magazine . 130 (998): 243.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 12.

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References

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Gogarth
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway   Penhelig Halt
Line and station open

Coordinates: 52°33′10″N3°59′49″W / 52.55283°N 3.99683°W / 52.55283; -3.99683