Tygwyn railway station

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Tygwyn National Rail
Tygwyn
Location
Place Glan-y-wern
Local authority Gwynedd
Operations
Station code TYG
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   1,598
2005/06 * decrease 845
2006/07 * increase 984
2007/08 * increase 1,384
2008/09 * decrease 1,112
History
Original company Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway
Pre-grouping Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Tygwyn from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Tygwyn railway station is located at a level crossing on the A496 between Harlech and Talsarnau near the estuary of the Afon Dwyryd in Gwynedd, Wales. Welsh: Ty gwyn translates to English as "White house".

British Rail requested the permission of the Secretary of State for Transport to close Tygwyn and three other Cambrian Coast stations during the mid 1990s. Their winter 1995/96 timetable featured only two northbound and three southbound trains Mondays to Saturdays, with a note that the service may be withdrawn before 1 June 1996.[1]

The station remains as an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Most trains call only on request.

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
Arriva Trains Wales
Historical railways
Harlech
Line and station open
  Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway

Cambrian Railways

  Talsarnau
Line and station open
Looking north from the platform.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Regional Railways Central: "Cambrian Coaster Train Times", September 1995
  • 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 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

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Coordinates: 52°53′37″N 4°04′43″W / 52.893728°N 4.078597°W / 52.893728; -4.078597


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