Porthmadog Harbour railway station

Porthmadog Harbour
Station on heritage railway
Porthmadog Harbour railway station in 2011. The point work of the WHR's Cross Town Rail Link (CTRL) can be seen in the foreground, with the FR's 0-4-0 locomotive Palmerston waiting in the then single platform station to pilot a WHR train back into the platform from the Cob
General information
LocationPorthmadog, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52°55′26″N 4°07′37″W / 52.9239°N 4.1270°W / 52.9239; -4.1270
Grid referenceSH571384
Owned byFestiniog Railway Company
Managed byFfestiniog Railway
Platforms2
Key dates
6 January 1865Station opened
1923Welsh Highland Railway services commence
1936Welsh Highland Railway services cease
15 September 1939Closed for passengers
23 July 1955Reopened for passengers
19 February 2011Reopened to Welsh Highland Railway services
The front face of the station
A Ffestiniog Railway train at Porthmadog Harbour railway station
Construction of the WHR's Cross Town Rail Link (CTRL) outside the station, 2011

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.