Cemmaes railway station

Cemmaes
General information
Location	Cemmaes, Gwynedd Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mawddwy Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
30 September 1867	Station opens
17 April 1901	Station closes to passengers
31 July 1911	Station reopens
1 January 1931	Station closes to passengers

Cemmaes railway station was an intermediate railway station on the Mawddwy Railway which ran from Cemmaes Road to Dinas Mawddy in the Welsh county of Merionethshire. The station was opened by the Mawddwy Railway in 1867 and closed to all goods traffic in 1908. The railway re-opened in 1911 with all services run by the Cambrian Railways. It was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway in 1923 as part of the grouping of British railways, and remained open to passenger traffic until 1931.

History

The Mawddwy Railway was first opened in 1867, however it was closed to passenger traffic in 1901, and closed to all goods traffic in 1908. It reopened on 31 July 1911 as a light railway system, as a result of the support of several local councils. The railway was incorporated, as part of the Cambrian Railways, into the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The railway closed its passenger services in 1931, although the line continued to remain open for freight traffic until 1952.

The station served local passenger needs for the village of Cemmaes.

References

Bibliography

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Aberangell		Cambrian Railways Mawddwy Railway		Cemmaes Road