Pensarn railway station

Pensarn railway station serves the village of Pensarn in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury.

Pensarn
Welsh: Pen-sarn
Location
PlacePensarn
Local authorityGwynedd
Coordinates52.830248°N 4.110966°W / 52.830248; -4.110966
Grid referenceSH578279
Operations
Station codePES
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 2,084
2015/16 3,766
2016/17 3,234
2017/18 2,736
2018/19 2,652
History
Key datesOpened 1867 (1867)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pensarn from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station opened as Pensarn but on 1 April 1885 it was renamed Llanbedr and Pensarn (Welsh: Llanbedr a Phensarn) and then on 8 May 1978 it reverted to its original name of Pensarn. Most trains call only on request.

Abergele and Pensarn railway station is on the North Wales Coast Line.

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Cambrian Coast Line


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