Gogarth railway station served a sparsely populated area on the north shore of the Dyfi estuary in the Welsh county of Merionethshire.
Gogarth | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Eglwys Fach, Merionethshire Wales |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 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) |
History
editOpened 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, services were suspended from 14 May 1984 due to the deteriorating structural condition of the platform and cost of repairs needed.[1] The station was officially closed by the British Railways Board on 30 September 1985.[2]
The site today
editTrains 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
edit- ^ Slater, John, ed. (June 1984). "Cambrian halts decision". The Railway Magazine. 130 (998): 243.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 106.
References
edit- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
External links
edit| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Dovey Junction Line and station open |
Great Western Railway | Abertafol Halt Line open, station closed | ||
52°33′39″N 3°57′40″W / 52.5608°N 3.9610°W
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