Pant Glas railway station

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Pant Glas
Pant Glas railway station in 2007.jpg
Remains of the station in 1999
General information
Location Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates 53°00′00″N4°16′58″W / 53.0001°N 4.2828°W / 53.0001; -4.2828 Coordinates: 53°00′00″N4°16′58″W / 53.0001°N 4.2828°W / 53.0001; -4.2828
Grid reference SH 468 471
Platforms1 [1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
June 1872Opened as "Pant Glas Siding" [2]
1912Renamed "Pant Glas"
7 January 1957Closed [3] [4] [5]

Pant Glas was a railway station opened by the LNWR in Pant Glas, Gwynedd, Wales, serving a sparsely populated rural area. Custom was never heavy, leading to goods services being withdrawn in 1952 and the station being closed in 1957, [6] though traffic continued to pass through until the line closed on 7 December 1964 as recommended in the Beeching Report.

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References

  1. Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 60-62 & Map XVI.
  2. Quick 2009, p. 304.
  3. The station, via Disused Stations
  4. Butt 1995, p. 180.
  5. Turner 2003, pp. 7 & 8.
  6. Rear 2012, p. 39.

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Further material

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Penygroes
Line and Station closed
  Carnarvonshire Railway   Brynkir
Line and Station closed