Penmaenpool railway station

Penmaenpool railway station at Penmaenpool in Gwynedd, North Wales, was formerly a station on the Dolgelly [sic] branch of the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway, part of the Ruabon to Barmouth Line. It closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965.

Penmaenpool
The former signal box at Penmaenpool, now in use as an RSPB information centre. (17 July 2004)
General information
LocationPenmaenpool, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52.74857°N 3.93441°W / 52.74857; -3.93441
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyAberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways (GWR)
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
3 July 1865Opened as Penmaen Pool[1]
by 1904Renamed as Penmaenpool[1]
18 January 1965Closed to passengers [1]
4 May 1964Closed to goods [2]

It had two platforms and a passing loop, plus an engine shed approximately half a mile west of the station next to the former fireman's house. According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H & C and there was no crane.[3]

The site today

The station is now occupied by a car park, but the original station signal box remains next to the Penmaenpool Toll Bridge and was used by the RSPB as an observation post and information centre for the local nature reserve. The former station master's house, ticket office and waiting room has been converted into an annexe for the George III hotel. Photographs of the station in its operating days are on display in the bar/reception area of the hotel.

The former trackbed through the site is now in use as a footpath, the Llwybr Mawddach (or "Mawddach Trail").

References
  1. Butt (1995), page 183
  2. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN 0 905466 19 5
  3. 1956, Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission

Sources

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Ruabon to Barmouth. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 98-102. ISBN 9781906008840. OCLC 651922152.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Dolgellau   Great Western Railway
Ruabon Barmouth Line		   Arthog


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