Waunfawr railway station

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Waunfawr

Beyer-Garratt locomotive NG143 at Waunfawr

Location

Place

Waunfawr

Local authority

Gwynedd

Coordinates

53°06′23″N 4°12′06″W / 53.106361, -4.201667Coordinates: 53°06′23″N 4°12′06″W / 53.106361, -4.201667

Operations

Managed by

Ffestiniog Railway

Platforms in use

History

1877

Opened

26 September 1936

Closed

7 August 2000

Reopened

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Down train arriving at Waunfawr from Rhyd Ddu, powered by diesel locomotive "Castell Caernarfon" on 26 May 2004.

Waunfawr is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the LNWR. Passenger services ceased on 26 September 1936 and the station was reopened on 7 August 2000 following the reconstruction of the railway from Dinas to Waunfawr. The train services are operated by the Ffestiniog Railway Company.

Following reconstruction, the Section from Waunfawr to Rhyd Ddu was formally reopened by HRH the Prince of Wales on 30 July 2003. Prince Charles travelled from Waunfawr to Rhyd Ddu by special train.

The station flower and shrub beds were laid out and are maintained by the local community enterprise charity, Antur Waunfawr, which among its many local initiatives operates the Bryn Pistyll Site at Waunfawr as a popular attraction for local people and tourists. It includes a nature park, gardens and nursery, museum, crafts and local products shop, cafe and children’s play area.

The Snowdonia Park Hotel adjoins the station and was built originally as the station master's house. It has a family room, offers bar meals and serves its own brew real ale. It has a large car park and caravan park. Entrance to and exit from the station platform is by way of the hotel car park. The station footbridge links with the car park and the caravan park. Snowdonia Sherpa Bus services call at the station.

[edit] References

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Boyd, James I.C. [1972] (1989). Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire - Volume 2: The Welsh Highland Railway. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-8536-1383-4. OCLC 145018679.

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, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.