Trawsfynydd railway station
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Trawsfynydd railway station in the 1880s
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| Location | |
| Place | Trawsfynydd |
| Area | Gwynedd |
| Coordinates | 52°54′22″N 3°54′49″W / 52.9061°N 3.9137°WCoordinates: 52°54′22″N 3°54′49″W / 52.9061°N 3.9137°W |
| Grid reference | SH 714 360 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Bala and Festiniog Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2* |
| History | |
| 1 November 1882 | Opened |
| 1911 | Military platforms opened |
| 4 January 1960 | Closed to passengers |
| 28 January 1961 | Line and station 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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Trawsfynydd railway station served the village 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. At Festiniog passengers had to transfer to narrow gauge trains if they wished to continue northwards. To do this people travelling from Trawsfynydd 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 and Trawsfynydd to Blaenau Ffestiniog on 10 September 1883.
Trawsfynydd was the largest intermediate settlement and station on the route. On the line as a whole only Bala, Festiniog and Trawsfynydd had two platforms and only Bala, Trawsfynydd and the goods yard at Tan-y-Manod in Blaenau had an engine shed, the last two only being capable of housing a single locomotive. Trawsfynydd shed - a sub-shed of Croes Newydd - was proposed for closure in 1955, but was reprieved due to the strength of local opposition, whose key argument was that having such a shed enabled the railway to take action to prevent blockages in the event of sudden or prolonged snow - a noted feature of the upper reaches of the line.
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