Blaenau Ffestiniog North railway station

Blaenau Ffestiniog North
Blaenau Ffestiniog North in the late 1950s
General information
LocationBlaenau Ffestiniog,[1][2][3] Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52°59′45″N 3°56′39″W / 52.9957°N 3.9443°W / 52.9957; -3.9443
Grid referenceSH 696 460
Platforms1[4]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
1 April 1881Opened as "Blaenau Festiniog", replacing Blaenau Ffestiniog (Pantyrafon)
18 June 1951Renamed "Blaenau Ffestiniog North"
8 May 1968Renamed "Blaenau Ffestiniog"
22 March 1982Replaced by a new Blaenau Ffestiniog nearer town centre[5][6]

Blaenau Ffestiniog North (initially named plain "Blaenau Festiniog", without a second f) was the London and North Western Railway's (LNWR's) second passenger station in Blaenau Ffestiniog, then in Merionethshire, now in Gwynedd, Wales.

  1. ^ Conolly 1998, Map 19 F3.
  2. ^ Jowett 2000, Map 44.
  3. ^ Yonge, Padgett & Szwenk 2013, Map 37D, shown as "Old Station".
  4. ^ Rear 1991, Plates 10-28 & 159.
  5. ^ Butt 1995, p. 36.
  6. ^ Quick 2009, p. 89.