Gogarth railway station

Coordinates: 52°33′39″N 3°57′40″W / 52.5608°N 3.9610°W / 52.5608; -3.9610
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Gogarth
General information
LocationMerionethshire
Owned byGreat Western Railway
Line(s)Great Western Railway
Platforms1
Key dates
9 June 1923Station opens as Gogarth Halt
6 May 1968Station renamed Gogarth
14 May 1984Last Train
30 September 1985Station closes (officially)

Gogarth railway station served a sparsely populated area on the north shore of the Dyfi estuary in the Welsh county of Merionethshire.

History

Opened 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, it was officially closed by the British Railways Board on 30 September 1985, the last train having stopped on 14 May 1984.[1]

The site today

Trains 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

  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 106.

References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

External links

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
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 / 52.5608; -3.9610