Duffws railway station (Festiniog Railway)

Duffws (FR)
Duffws (FR) station, believed to be around 1900
General information
LocationBlaenau Ffestiniog,[1] Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52°59′42″N 3°56′05″W / 52.9949°N 3.9348°W / 52.9949; -3.9348
Grid referenceSH 702 459
Platforms1[2]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyFestiniog Railway
Key dates
January 1866Opened
1 January 1923Closed
1 January 1925Reopened
1 June 1931Closed[3]

Duffws was the Festiniog Railway's (FR) second passenger station in Blaenau Ffestiniog, then in Merionethshire, now in Gwynedd, Wales. This station is not to be confused with the Festiniog and Blaenau Railway's (F&BR) Duffws (F&BR) station which stood some distance away on the opposite side of Church Street. During that station's life from 1868 to 1883 passengers travelling from (say) Festiniog on the F&BR to Tan-y-Bwlch on the Festiniog would walk between the two stations, much as passengers walk between the standard gauge and narrow gauge in modern-day Blaenau Ffestiniog.

  1. ^ Jowett 1989, Map 55.
  2. ^ Stretton 1999, pp. 6–9.
  3. ^ Quick 2009, p. 89.