Bontnewydd railway station

Bontnewydd is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway. The halt was opened on 31 May 1999 on the petition of the villagers of Bontnewydd and is between Caernarfon and Dinas on the Lôn Eifion cycle route. It is a request stop with no station buildings and a single low platform. The train services are operated by the Festiniog Railway Company.

Not to be confused with Bont Newydd railway station.

Bontnewydd
The station in September 2015
Location
PlaceBontnewydd
AreaGwynedd
Coordinates53.115972°N 4.274778°W / 53.115972; -4.274778
Grid referenceSH478600
Operations
Managed byWelsh Highland Railway
Owned byFestiniog Railway Company
Platforms1
Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Nantlle Railway
Caernarfon Castle
 Carnarvon Harbour
 Carnarvon Castle
Afon Seiont
Coed Helen Tunnel
 Bontnewydd
Afon Gwyrfai
Plas Dinas Tunnel
 Pwllheli Road
 Groeslon
 Penygroes
 Nantlle
to quarries

See also

A halt existed here on the horse-drawn Nantlle Railway from 1856 to 12 June 1865.[1][2]

Notes
  1. Boyd 1990, p. 102.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 39.

Sources
  • Boyd, James I.C. (1990) [1972]. Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire, Volume 1: The West. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-273-5. OCLC 650247345.
  • 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.
Preceding station   Heritage railways Following station
Caernarfon   Welsh Highland Railway
Porthmadog - Caernarfon		   Dinas
Carnarvon Castle
Line and station closed		   Nantlle Railway   Pwllheli Road
Line and station closed
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