Tregarth railway station

Disused railway station in Gwynedd, Wales

53°11′28″N 4°05′35″W / 53.1911°N 4.0931°W / 53.1911; -4.0931Grid referenceSH602680Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLondon and North Western RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 July 1884Opened3 December 1951Closed to passengers7 October 1963Closed

Tregarth railway station is a disused railway station in Gwynedd, Wales. It was located on the Bethesda Branch line, just north of the village of Tregarth itself.

History

The station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 1 July 1884 as the terminal of the 4.25-mile (6.84 km) Bethesda branch line.^[1]

The station was host to two LMS caravans from 1935 to 1939.^[2]

The station closed to passengers on 3 December 1951 and was totally closed on 7 October 1963.^[1]^[3] Since closure the station building has been demolished and only a short section of platform remains.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 452. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
^ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. pp. 7 & 23 (refs 0260 & 1138). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.
^ "Station Name: Tregarth". Disused Stations. Retrieved 26 February 2017.