Bow Street  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Bow Street, Ceredigion Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°26′24″N 4°01′49″W / 52.4399137°N 4.0303603°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SN620843 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | BOW | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways | ||||
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| 23 June 1864 | Opened | ||||
| 14 June 1965 | Closed | ||||
| 14 February 2021 | Resited and reopened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 | 306 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  13,694 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 23,282 | ||||
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Bow Street is a railway station on the Cambrian Line, which runs between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth or Pwllheli. The station, situated 4 miles 30 chains (7 km) north-east of Aberystwyth, serves the villages of Bow Street and Pen-y-garn in Ceredigion, Wales. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Transport for Wales.
The original station was closed on 14 June 1965. The current station was constructed on a different site, just south of the original. Funded by the Welsh Government and the Department for Transport, it opened on 14 February 2021.[1][2][3]
- ^ "First train stops at newly opened Bow Street station". Cambrian News. 14 February 2021. Archived from the original on 16 February 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Embury-Dennis, Tom (15 February 2021). "Village welcomes first train in 56 years as new station opens". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Shuttleworth, Peter (15 February 2021). "Station reopening at Bow Street brings first trains for 56 years". BBC News. Retrieved 2 January 2022.