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Diphwys
General information
LocationBlaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52°59′41″N 3°56′14″W / 52.9946°N 3.9373°W / 52.9946; -3.9373
Grid referenceSH 700 458
Platforms0
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyFestiniog and Blaenau Railway
Key dates
30[1][2] May 1868Opened
Spring 1883Last passenger train called
10 September 1883Standard gauge replacement opened[3]

Diphwys railway station was on the same site as the later Great Western Railway station in the heart of Blaenau Ffestiniog in what was then Merionethshire, now Gwynedd, Wales.

  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 82.
  2. ^ Quick 2009, p. 89.
  3. ^ Boyd 1988, p. 47.

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