Gogarth railway station
Gogarth railway station served a sparsely populated area on the north shore of the Dyfi estuary in the Welsh county of Merionethshire.
| Gogarth | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Eglwys Fach |
| Area | Merionethshire |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 9 June 1923 | Station opens as Gogarth Halt |
| 6 May 1968 | Station renamed Gogarth |
| 14 May 1984 | Last Train |
| 30 September 1985 | Station 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 9 July 1923 and originally named Gogarth Halt, it had a short wooden platform with no shelter. The station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Renamed Gogarth on 6 May 1968, it was officially closed by the British Railways Board on 30 September 1985, the last train having stopped on 14 May 1984.[1]
The site today
Trains on the Cambrian Line pass the site of the former halt but there is no trace of its existence. Only the access path leading from a lay-by on the A493 road exists.
Notes
- Butt 1995, p. 106.
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.
External links
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dovey Junction Line and station open |
Great Western Railway | Abertafol Halt Line open, station closed | ||
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