Abererch railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Abererch
other_name=
code = ABH


caption =
manager = Arriva Trains Wales
locale = Abererch
borough = Gwynedd
lowusage0405 = 1,038
lowusage0506 = 1,027
lowusage0607 = 1,095
platforms = 1
latitude = 52.898
longitude = -4.375
original = Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway
pregroup = Cambrian Railways
postgroup = Great Western Railway
years = 10 October 1867
events = Station opensButt (1995), page 12]
years1 = 1 May 1956
events1 = Renamed Abererch Halt
years2 = 6 May 1968
events2 = Renamed Abererch
years3 = 30 May 1994
events3 = Station closes
years4 = Since 1994
events4 = Station reopenedfact

Abererch railway station is located at a level crossing on the minor road from the beach to the village of Abererch on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales.

History

Opened by the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway, then run by the Cambrian Railway, it became part of the Great Western Railway. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

In the 1960s there was a British Railways Camping coach located in the small siding on the northern side of the railway line; on the right hand (west) side of the level-crossing when approaching the beach. The single-carriage Camping Coach was usually only located here during the summer months and would be rented out to families for holidaying purposes. Timber access stairways were provided to the coach from the side away from the railway line as there was no permanent platform associated with this siding.

Aberech Halt as it was referred to did possess a timber constructed 'Waiting Room' up to the mid-1960s but this was destroyed by fire one evening when the felted roof ,allegedly, caught fire from the hot-ashes discharged by a passing steam-hauled train. Other incidents witnessed at the station include severe damage to the railway crossing gates by locomotives when the gates had been left 'open' to vehicular traffic; usually overnight.

This was not always the case as there used to be a crossing-keeper's cottage on the northern side of the railway line. The crossing-keeper would open and close the level-crossing gates between each train; principally to let holiday makers to/from the sandy Abererch beach and the adjacent caravan/camping site. The single-storey cottage was externally slate-clad throughout and was situated on the left-hand (east) side when approaching the beach from the A497 Pwllheli - Porthmadog road.

Services

This railway station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services every 2 hours (weekday daytimes) calling at all stations between Machynlleth and Pwllheli, including Tywyn, Barmouth, Harlech and Porthmadog. Passengers can connect at Machynlleth for trains to Aberystwyth or Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street. Trains only stop at Abererch by request.

rail line
next = Pwllheli
previous = Penychain
route = Arriva Trains Wales
Cambrian Coast Line
col = 30c5b8rail line
next = Pwllheli
"Line and station open"
previous = Afon Wen
"Line open; station closed"
route = Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway

Cambrian Railways
col = GWR colour
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