Dovey Junction railway station

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Dovey Junction

Welsh: Cyffordd Dyfi
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Dovey Junction Aug2024.jpg
Platforms 1 & 2a with 2b in the distance (2024)
General information
Location Derwenlas, Powys
Wales
Coordinates 52°33′50″N3°55′26″W / 52.564°N 3.924°W / 52.564; -3.924
Grid reference SN697980
Managed by Transport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDVY
Classification DfT category F2
History
Opened1863
Key dates
1 July 1904Renamed Dovey Junction
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 4,622
 Interchange Increase2.svg 9,321
Penhelig
Line and station open
  Cambrian Railways
Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
  Machynlleth
Line and station open
Glandyfi
Line open, station closed
  

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References

  1. Geoff Marshall (3 May 2024). The Most Isolated Station in Wales - Dovey Junction. Wales: Geoff Marshall. Event occurs at 8:45. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  2. "Cambrian Railway Company. Alteration of Station Name" . Montgomeryshire Echo. Wales. 16 July 1904. Retrieved 7 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Table 76 National Rail timetable, May 2017

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