Aber railway station (Gwynedd)

Aber railway station was a railway station on the North Wales Coast Line in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. Although trains still pass on the main line the station closed in 1960. A signal box on the site remained in use until the installation of colour light signalling.[1]

For the current station of the same name in Caerphilly, see Aber railway station.

Aber
Aber station in 1936, looking east toward Conwy
Location
Place	Abergwyngregyn
Area	Gwynedd
Coordinates	53.2387°N 4.0226°W / 53.2387; -4.0226
Grid reference	SH650732
Operations
Original company	Chester and Holyhead Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 May 1848	Station opens
12 September 1960	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

History

The station was opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway on 1 May 1848 when it opened its line as far as Bangor.[2][3]

The station had two platforms either side of a double track line, goods facilities included cattle pens and a siding for loading slate from the adjacent writing slate manufactory.[4][5]

The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1934 to 1938 followed by four caravans in 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the London Midland Region from 1954 to 1959.[6]

The station was closed by the British Transport Commission on 12 September 1960.[2]

References

1. "Railways of North Wales 1975-1983: aber:general". 2d53.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
2. Quick 2019, p. 38.
3. Grant 2017, p. 111.
4. "Aber station on OS Six-inch map Caernarvonshire VII.NE (includes: Aber; Llanfairfechan.)". National Library of Scotland. 1888. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
5. The Railway Clearing House 1970, p. 9.
6. McRae 1997, pp. 22, 39-40 & 50.

Bibliography

• Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
• McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
• Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.

• The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 461. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.

Further reading

• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Rhyl to Bangor. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 96-97. ISBN 9781908174154. OCLC 859594415.

External links

• Pictures and plans of the station
• Station history and images at Disused Stations
• The station site after closure
• Station on navigable O. S. map

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Llanfairfechan		London and North Western Railway North Wales Coast Line		Bangor