Aberdovey railway station

Aberdovey railway station (Welsh: Aberdyfi) serves the seaside resort of Aberdyfi in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services every two hours (weekday daytimes) calling at all stations between Machynlleth and Pwllheli, including Tywyn, Barmouth, Harlech and Porthmadog. Passengers can connect at Machynlleth for trains to Aberystwyth or Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International.

Aberdovey
Welsh: Aberdyfi
Location
PlaceAberdyfi
Local authorityGwynedd
Coordinates52.5444°N 4.0564°W / 52.5444; -4.0564
Grid referenceSN606960
Operations
Station codeAVY
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 36,684
2015/16 38,094
2016/17 35,960
2017/18 37,706
2018/19 40,390
History
Key datesOpened 14 August 1867 (1867-08-14) (14 August 1867 (1867-08-14))
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aberdovey from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History
The station building, now a private residence, pictured in August 1986

Opened by the Aberystwith [sic] and Welsh Coast Railway, then run by the Cambrian Railways, it became part of the Great Western Railway. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways. Until the 1960s there was a summer service between London Paddington and Pwllheli, via Birmingham Snow Hill, Shrewsbury and Machynlleth.

The original station building is in use as a private residence. It is located next to a static caravan park which is all that lies between the station and the stretch of coastline between Aberdyfi and Tywyn, and next to the Aberdovey Golf Club.[1]

The station was host to a GWR camp coach in 1939.[2] At least one camping coach was positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1962, there were two from 1957 to 1958 and three from 1959 to 1962 when the London Midland Region took over responsibility for the coaches, they had three here from 1963 to 1971.[3]

Facilities
Harrington Hump installed at the station

Originally a two-platform station with a short branch line (only a few hundred yards long) to the harbour, the station is now a single-platform, unstaffed halt. Like many stations in Wales and the North of England, the station was constructed before standard platform heights were established and is very low. Aberdovey was the third UK railway station to receive a specially designed raised section - a Harrington Hump - to improve accessibility for passengers. This was funded by the Welsh Government.[4][5][6]

Services

Transport for Wales run a two-hourly service each way on the Cambrian Coast Line from Machynlleth - where the route connects to the main Cambrian Line - to Pwllheli through Aberdyfi. Most services in the May 2016 timetable run to/from Birmingham International via Shrewsbury.[7]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Penhelig   Transport for Wales
Cambrian Coast Line		   Tywyn
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References
  1. "Contact Us/Contact Details". Aberdovey Golf. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 31. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  3. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. pp. 112, 118–119. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
  4. http://gov.wales/topics/transport/rail/rail-projects/mid-wales/aberdovey/?lang=en
  5. "Station hump helps train access". BBC News. BBC. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  6. "UK Rail Station Installs Harrington Hump". Railway-Technology.com. Verdict Media. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  7. Table 76 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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