Llafar Halt railway station
| Llafar Halt | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Glanllafar, near Trawsfynydd |
| Area | Gwynedd |
| Coordinates | 52°54′36″N 3°53′07″W / 52.9099°N 3.8854°WCoordinates: 52°54′36″N 3°53′07″W / 52.9099°N 3.8854°W |
| Grid reference | SH 733 364 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 1 November 1882 | Line opened |
| 1 March 1932 | Halt opened for passengers only |
| 4 January 1960 | Closed, but line remained open for goods |
| 28 January 1961 | Line 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 |
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Llafar Halt was an unstaffed solely passenger railway station which served the rural area of Glanllafar, east of Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales.
In 1882 the Bala and Ffestiniog Railway opened the line from Bala Junction to a temporary terminus at Festiniog, Trawsfynydd was one of the stations opened with the line; the future Llafar Halt would be on this line, east of Trawsfynydd. At Festiniog passengers had to transfer to narrow gauge trains if they wished to continue northwards. To do this people travelling from Bala to Blaenau or beyond walked the few yards from the standard gauge train to the narrow gauge train much as they do today between the Conwy Valley Line and the Ffestiniog Railway at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
The following year the narrow gauge line was converted to standard gauge, but narrow gauge trains continued to run until 5 September 1883 using a third rail. Standard gauge trains first ran through from Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog on 10 September 1883. The line was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1910.
Llafar Halt was one of the 198 opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) between 1927 and 1939, spurred by rising competition with buses and, to a lesser degree, cars. The halt stood in very thinly populated uplands with no obvious source of traffic; conversely, the people who did live, work and increasingly take leisure activities in the area had no other obvious means of transport.
The unstaffed halt's single platform's edge was made of sleepers, the platform itself being infilled with ash and cinders. It was a mere 50 feet (15 m) long, so drivers had instructions to stop ensuring the guard's compartment was alongside. The amenities provided were a Pagoda platform shelter and an oil lamp; access was by a footpath only.
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