Rhiw Goch

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Location
Rhiw Goch
Place	Penrhyndeudraeth
Local authority	Gwynedd
Operations
Managed by	Ffestiniog Railway
Platforms in use	0
History
1836	Opened
1863	Closed as a horse stabling point
1975	Re-opened as a passing loop
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Rhiw Goch is a station on the Ffestiniog Railway north of the village of Penrhyndeudraeth in Wales. It was originally a passing loop and an exchange point for the horses that worked the line, opening in 1836. Horses were stabled overnight at Rhiw Goch farm, which adjoins the line further south nearer to the village. When the railway converted to using steam locomotives in 1863, Rhiw Goch passing loop was no longer needed and was closed.

The station reopened in 1975 as a passing loop for trains on the revived railway. Its location, approximately equidistant from Minffordd and Tan-y-Bwlch stations, allowed maximum flexibility in timetabling, allowing up and down trains to cross. The location also allowed a long passing loop to be constructed to accommodate full length Ffestiniog trains. This is the only former 'horse station' at which it is still possible to pass trains.

Rhiw Goch has the only regularly manned signalbox on the railway and the temporary box built in 1974 was being replaced by a new permanent box during 2006. Although trains regularly stop here to wait for a train travelling in the opposite direction to pass, passengers cannot alight from or join trains here. There is no public access to Rhiw Goch except by train.