Ynys railway station

Ynys was a railway station opened in 1872 by the LNWR next to a level crossing in a small hamlet north of Criccieth, Gwynedd.[7] It closed in December 1964 as recommended in the Beeching Report.

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

Ynys
General information
LocationCriccieth, Gwynedd, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52.9526°N 4.2844°W / 52.9526; -4.2844
Grid referenceSH 466 419
Platforms1[1][2]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
July[3][4] or January[5] 1872Opened
7 December 1964Closed[6]

References
  1. Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 68-9 & Map XVIII.
  2. Johnson 1995, p. 71.
  3. Butt 1995, p. 257.
  4. Turner 2003, p. 7.
  5. The station, via Disused Stations
  6. Quick 2009, p. 423.
  7. Rear 2012, p. 35.

Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
  • Johnson, Peter (1995). North Wales (Celebration of Steam). Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-2378-9.
  • 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.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-72-7.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  • Rear, W.G. (2012). Caernarvon & the Lines from Afonwen & Llanberis: 28: Scenes from the Past Railways of North Wales. Nottingham: Book Law Publications. ISBN 978-1-907094-78-1.
  • Turner, Alun (2003). Gwynedd's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-259-9.

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