General information | |||||
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Location | Minffordd, Gwynedd Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 52°55′34″N 4°05′02″W / 52.926°N 4.084°W | ||||
Grid reference | SH599385 | ||||
Managed by | Ffestiniog Railway (upper level) Transport for Wales (lower level) | ||||
Platforms | 2 (narrow gauge) 1 (standard gauge) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | MFF | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Ffestiniog Railway (upper) Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway (lower) | ||||
Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways (lower) | ||||
Key dates | |||||
March 1871 | Festiniog station opened[1] | ||||
1 August 1872 | Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway platform opened[1] | ||||
1887 | Present station buildings constructed | ||||
15 September 1939 | Festiniog Railway services withdrawn | ||||
19 May 1956 | Festiniog Railway services resume[1] | ||||
1964 | Mainline station became unstaffed | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 16,774 | ||||
2019/20 | 14,562 | ||||
2020/21 | 8,314 | ||||
2021/22 | 13,658 | ||||
2022/23 | 14,932 | ||||
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Minffordd railway station (translation Roadside, literally Lip of the Road) is a pair of adjacent stations on separate lines in Gwynedd, Wales. The mainline station opened as Minfford Junction on 1 August 1872 at the point where the then recently built Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway line from Dovey Junction to Pwllheli (latterly to become part of the Cambrian Railways) passes under the earlier narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway. The latter was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea, and had carried passengers from 1865 onwards. The station was renamed Minffordd in 1890.
A short walk, advertised near the station, leads to Portmeirion.