Penrhyndeudraeth railway station

Penrhyndeudraeth
Location
Place	Penrhyndeudraeth
Local authority	Gwynedd
Coordinates	52°55′44″N 4°03′54″W / 52.929°N 4.065°WCoordinates: 52°55′44″N 4°03′54″W / 52.929°N 4.065°W
Grid reference	SH613388
Operations
Station code	PRH
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	48,444
2005/06	55,520
2006/07	53,174
2007/08	98,765
2008/09	81,130
2009/10	77,982
2010/11	66,000
2011/12	60,914
2012/13	49,240
2013/14	40,654
2014/15	39,962
History
Original company	Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
2 September 1867	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Penrhyndeudraeth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Penrhyndeudraeth railway station is a railway station serving the small town of Penrhyndeudraeth on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a station on the Cambrian Coast Railway with services between Shrewsbury and Pwllheli via Machynlleth.

History

The railway line between Machynlleth and Pwllheli was authorised to be built by the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway (A&WCR) on 22 July 1861.^[1] During construction, the A&WCR amalgamated with the Cambrian Railways,^[2] this being authorised on 5 July 1865 and effective from 5 August 1866.^[3] The section between Barmouth and Afon Wen opened on 2 September 1867,^[4] and Penrhyndeudraeth station opened the same day.^[5]

Pwllheli - Chester train at Penrhyndeudraeth in 1964

Notes

1. Awdry 1990, p. 13.
2. Kidner 1992, p. 21.
3. Awdry 1990, p. 14.
4. Kidner 1992, p. 28.
5. Butt 1995, p. 183.

References

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. CN 8983.
• 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.
• Kidner, R.W. (1992) [1954]. The Cambrian Railways. The Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-439-3. OL55.
• 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.

External links

• Train times and station information for Penrhyndeudraeth railway station from National Rail
• RAILSCOT on Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Llandecwyn		Arriva Trains Wales Cambrian Coast Line		Minffordd
	Historical railways
Llandecwyn Line and station open		Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Cambrian Railways		Minffordd Line and station open