Porthmadog Harbour | |
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Station on heritage railway | |
General information | |
Location | Porthmadog, Gwynedd Wales |
Coordinates | 52°55′26″N 4°07′37″W / 52.9239°N 4.1270°W |
Grid reference | SH571384 |
Owned by | Festiniog Railway Company |
Managed by | Ffestiniog Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Key dates | |
6 January 1865 | Station opened |
1923 | Welsh Highland Railway services commence |
1936 | Welsh Highland Railway services cease |
15 September 1939 | Closed for passengers |
23 July 1955 | Reopened for passengers |
19 February 2011 | Reopened to Welsh Highland Railway services |
Porthmadog Harbour railway station (formerly known as Portmadoc Harbour railway station) in Porthmadog (formerly Portmadoc), Gwynedd (formerly Merioneth), North Wales. It is the passenger terminus of two narrow gauge railways: the Ffestiniog Railway, which was opened in 1836 to carry dressed slate from the Quarries around Blaenau Ffestiniog to the sea port of Porthmadog, for export by sea; and the Welsh Highland Railway, incorporated in 1923, which ran to Dinas. After rebuilding in 1997-2011, the other terminus is at Caernarfon, in sight of the Castle.