Abertafol railway station

Abertafol railway station was a halt located on the north shore of the Dyfi estuary in the old Welsh county of Merionethshire (south Gwynedd).

Abertafol
Location
PlaceAber-Tafol
AreaGwynedd
Operations
LineCambrian Line
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Platforms1
History
18 March 1935Station opens as Abertafol Halt
6 May 1968Station renamed Abertafol
14 May 1984Last Train
30 September 1985Station closes (officially)
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

Opened by the Great Western Railway on 18 March 1935 and originally named Abertafol Halt, the station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was renamed Abertafol on 6 May 1968. It was officially closed by the British Railways Board on 30 September 1985, the last train having run on 14 May 1984.[1]

The site today

Trains on the Cambrian Line pass the site of the former halt. There are no remains of the wooden platform to be seen today. Only the access steps down the cliff from the A493 road are left.

Notes
  1. Butt 1995, p. 12.

References
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Gogarth
Line open, station closed		   Great Western Railway   Penhelig Halt
Line and station open


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