Afon Wen railway station

Afon Wen
Pwllheli - Bangor train in 1962
Location
Place	Afon Wen
Area	Gwynedd
Coordinates	52°54′33″N 4°18′49″W / 52.90909°N 4.31348°W / 52.90909; -4.31348Coordinates: 52°54′33″N 4°18′49″W / 52.90909°N 4.31348°W / 52.90909; -4.31348
Grid reference	SH 444 371
Operations
Original company	Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	3
History
2 September 1867	Opened
7 December 1964	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Afon Wen was a railway station located in Afon Wen, Gwynedd, Wales.

The station formed a junction between the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway and the Carnarvonshire Railway.

Trains on the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway line were operated by the Cambrian Railways, then absorbed into the Great Western Railway. Trains from the Carnarvonshire Railway were operated by the London and North Western Railway and so passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

In addition to local services Afon Wen was served by trains from both London Paddington and London Euston. Those from Paddington would reach it on Cambrian rails through Machynlleth and Portmadoc, proceeding onward to terminate at Pwllheli. From Euston the train would travel via Crewe, Bangor and Caernarvon: at Afon Wen the front portion of the train would proceed forward to terminate at Portmadoc and the rear carriages would be detached for Pwllheli.

Afon Wen is often quoted as a defining feature of the Great Western Railway in Wales, namely its inheritance of junctions in unlikely and inconvenient locations. Other examples are Moat Lane Junction, Talyllyn Junction, Dovey Junction and Barmouth Junction (renamed Morfa Mawddach in 1960).

Trains on the Cambrian Line pass the site of the former station.