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Manod railway station information


Manod
Location of the station in 2001
General information
LocationManod, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52°58′55″N 3°55′53″W / 52.9819°N 3.9314°W / 52.9819; -3.9314
Grid referenceSH 704 444
Platforms1[1][2][3]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyFestiniog and Blaenau Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
10 September 1883Opened as standard gauge "Manod"[4]
2 April 1917Closed
1 May 1919Reopened
4 January 1960Closed to passengers[5]
27 January 1961Closed completely[6]

Manod railway station served the village of Manod which then stood on the southern edge of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd, Wales.[7]

  1. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photo 41.
  2. ^ Southern 1995, pp. 80 & 97.
  3. ^ Boyd 1959, p. 547.
  4. ^ Quick 2009, pp. 265 & 460.
  5. ^ Butt 1995, p. 154.
  6. ^ Williams & Lowe 2018, pp. 156–163.
  7. ^ Jowett 2000, Map 44.

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