Porthmadog Harbour Narrow Gauge Railway Station (Festiniog Railway) (Porthmadog) | train station

United Kingdom / Wales / Porthmadog
 train station, narrow gauge railway
The station is built at the western end of the Cob, the great embankment across the Traeth Mawr, on a peninsula from Ynys Madoc constructed in 1842 to form a slate wharf and a harbour wall. It was opened for passenger service on 6 January 1865 and was closed to passengers on 15 September 1939 but continued in use as the principal offices of the Ffestiniog Railway Company and the home of the Manager (Mr Robert Evans) including throughout the years of almost total closure from 1 August 1946 to 24 September 1954. The station reopened for passengers on 23 July 1955.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porthmadog_Harbour_railway_station
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Coordinates:   52°55'26"N   4°7'35"W
This article was last modified 14 years ago