Arenig railway station

Arenig
Site of the station in 1992
General information
LocationArenig, west of Bala, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52°56′18″N 3°44′27″W / 52.9382°N 3.7408°W / 52.9382; -3.7408
Grid referenceSH 831 392
Platforms2[1][2][3]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBala and Festiniog Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 November 1882Opened[4]
4 January 1960Closed to passengers[5]
28 January 1961Closed completely[6]

Arenig railway station stood beneath Arenig Fawr on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Gwynedd, Wales.[7] It served this thinly populated upland area, but its particular purposes were to serve Arenig Granite quarry which opened in 1908 next to the station and to act as a passing loop on the largely single-track route. The railway was the quarry's main carrier and also its main customer, crushed stone being used for track ballast.[8][9]

The station closed to passengers in January 1960 and freight a year later, with the last revenue earning train on 27 January 1961.[10]

  1. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photo 14.
  2. ^ Southern 1995, pp. 52 & 100.
  3. ^ Photo visible by scrolling well down the text, via Purleston Jones Family History
  4. ^ Quick 2009, pp. 62.
  5. ^ Butt 1995, p. 18.
  6. ^ Shannon & Hillmer 1999, p. 105.
  7. ^ Jowett 2000, Map 45.
  8. ^ Southern 1995, p. 49.
  9. ^ Clemens 2003, 9 mins from start.
  10. ^ Southern 1995, p. 64 & 81.