Campbell's Platform railway station

Campbell's Platform
Station on heritage railway
General information
LocationTan-y-Bwlch, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52°57′27″N 3°58′33″W / 52.95746°N 3.97587°W / 52.95746; -3.97587
Grid referenceSH673418
Owned byFestiniog Railway Company
Managed byFfestiniog Railway
Platforms1
Key dates
April 1965Opened for use by Col Campbell on line under restoration[1]
6 April 1968Opened as a private halt on the reopened line to Dduallt[1]
Plas y Dduallt

Campbell's Platform (grid reference SH673418) is a private, unstaffed halt on the Welsh narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway. The railway was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea. It is 9 miles and 7 chains from Porthmadog and is at 510 feet above sea level.

  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), page 52