Pwllheli railway station
Pwllheli 
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| Location | |
| Place | Pwllheli |
| Local authority | Gwynedd |
| Coordinates | 52°53′17″N 4°25′01″W / 52.888°N 4.417°WCoordinates: 52°53′17″N 4°25′01″W / 52.888°N 4.417°W |
| Grid reference | SH375350 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PWL |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 62,590 |
| 2012/13 |
44,520 |
| 2013/14 |
30,652 |
| 2014/15 |
 54,332 |
| 2015/16 |
77,890 |
| History | |
| Original company | Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 10 October 1867 | Opened |
| 17 July 1909 | Moved to current site |
| 1977 | Signal boxes and 1 of 2 platforms closed |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pwllheli from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Pwllheli railway station is a railway station serving the small coastal town of Pwllheli on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. It is the terminus of the Cambrian Coast Railway.
In 1861 the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway was given authorisation to build a line along Cardigan Bay between Aberystwyth and Porthdinllaen on the Llŷn Peninsula. However, the final five miles across the Llŷn Peninsula were never built. By 1865 the company had merged to become part of Cambrian Railways. When the first Pwllheli station opened on Thursday 10 October 1867 the decision to not complete the final five miles to Nefyn had already been taken. The station, which was about a half a mile from the town, became the line's terminus.
On 17 July 1909 a second station was opened near the town centre following land reclamation that permitted the extension of the line. It had two tracks separated by an island platform with a small loading dock to the north. The layout remained unchanged until rationalisation began in September 1977.
A goods yard was developed on the site of the first station. Its turntable is now in the possession of the West Somerset Railway. The Great Western Railway (GWR) doubled the track between Pwllheli station and the goods yard in order to increase capacity. But after the goods yard was closed and both the signal boxes and the signals were removed in 1977, the double-lined section is now used as a long run-round loop for visiting charter trains. By 1987 a supermarket had been developed on the former goods yard land.
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