Abertafol railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Abertafol


caption =
locale = Wales
borough = Merionethshire
line = Cambrian Railway
owner = Great Western Railway
platforms = ?
latitude =
longitude =
gridref =
years = 18 March 1935
events = Station opens as Abertafol Halt
years1 = 6 May 1968
events1 = Station renamed Abertafol
years2 = 14 May 1984
events2 = Last Train
years3 = 30 September 1985
events3 = Station closes (officially) Abertafol railway station served the village of Abertafol, located on the north shore of the Dyfi estuary in the Welsh county of Merionethshire.

History

Opened by the Great Western Railway, the station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

Trains on the Cambrian Line pass the site of the former halt.

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd
year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0