Talsarnau railway station

Talsarnau
Talsarnau
Location
Place	Talsarnau
Local authority	Gwynedd
Coordinates	52.904418°N 4.068134°W
Grid reference	SH609361
Operations
Station code	TAL
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	5,836
2015/16	8,028
2016/17	6,032
2017/18	5,400
2018/19	5,890
History
Original company	Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Talsarnau from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.;

Talsarnau railway station serves the village of Talsarnau on the estuary of the Afon Dwyryd in Gwynedd, Wales.

Facilities

Looking north from Talsarnau.

In early 2015, Talsarnau was one of several stations on the Cambrian Coast Line to get a Harrington Hump (rather than raising the whole platform, a raised area is built where the middle doors of the train are when it stops at Talsarnau) made of paving slabs, cement and tarmac. This means that for those getting off or on the train through the middle doors of the train, the vertical step is very much reduced.

Services

The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. All trains call only on request. The station building is now a private residence.

Preceding station		National Rail	Following station
Tygwyn		Transport for Wales Cambrian Coast Line	Llandecwyn
	Historical railways
Tygwyn Line and station open		Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Cambrian Railways	Llandecwyn Line and station open

Sources

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.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

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References

External links

Media related to Talsarnau railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Train times and station information for Talsarnau railway station from National Rail
RAILSCOT on Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway

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