Gogarth railway station
Not to be confused with Gogar railway station.
Gogarth | |
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Location | |
Place | Eglwys Fach |
Area | Merionethshire |
Operations | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Platforms | 1 |
History | |
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) |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
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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.
Notes
References
- 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
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 |
Coordinates: 52°33′39″N 3°57′40″W / 52.5608°N 3.9610°W
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