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Coordinates: 52°57′09″N 4°17′04″W / 52.9526°N 4.2844°W / 52.9526; -4.2844
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Ynys
General information
LocationCriccieth, Gwynedd, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52°57′09″N 4°17′04″W / 52.9526°N 4.2844°W / 52.9526; -4.2844
Grid referenceSH 466 419
Platforms1[1][2]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
July[3][4] or January[5] 1872Opened
7 December 1964Closed[6]

Ynys was a railway station opened in 1872 by the LNWR next to a level crossing in a small hamlet north of Criccieth, Gwynedd.[7] It closed in December 1964 as recommended in the Beeching Report.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Brynkir
Line and Station closed 		  Carnarvonshire Railway   Llangybi
Line and Station closed

References

  1. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 68-9 & Map XVIII.
  2. ^ Johnson 1995, p. 71.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 257.
  4. ^ Turner 2003, p. 7.
  5. ^ The station, via Disused Stations
  6. ^ Quick 2009, p. 423.
  7. ^ Rear 2012, p. 35.

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
  • Johnson, Peter (1995). North Wales (Celebration of Steam). Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-2378-9.
  • 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.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-72-7.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  • Rear, W.G. (2012). Caernarvon & the Lines from Afonwen & Llanberis: 28: Scenes from the Past Railways of North Wales. Nottingham: Book Law Publications. ISBN 978-1-907094-78-1.
  • Turner, Alun (2003). Gwynedd's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-259-9.

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