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Frongoch railway station information


Frongoch
The former railway station in 2003
General information
LocationFrongoch, west of Bala, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52°56′20″N 3°38′00″W / 52.9388°N 3.6332°W / 52.9388; -3.6332
Grid referenceSH 903 392
Platforms1[1][2]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBala and Festiniog Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 November 1882Opened[3]
4 January 1960Closed to passengers[4]
28 January 1961Closed completely

Frongoch railway station served the village of Frongoch on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Gwynedd, Wales.[5]

The station closed to passengers in January 1960, and to freight a year later, with the last revenue-earning train on 27 January 1961.[6]

  1. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photo 11.
  2. ^ Southern 1995, Preface, pp.38-952 & 100.
  3. ^ Quick 2009, pp. 178.
  4. ^ Butt 1995, p. 100.
  5. ^ Jowett 2000, Map 45.
  6. ^ Southern 1995, p. 64 & 81.

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