Tan-y-Bwlch railway station

Tan-y-Bwlch
Station on heritage railway
Tan-y-Bwlch around 1900
General information
LocationTan-y-Bwlch, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52°57′16″N 4°00′40″W / 52.95439°N 4.01112°W / 52.95439; -4.01112
Grid referenceSH650415
Owned byFestiniog Railway Company
Managed byFfestiniog Railway
Platforms2
Key dates
July 1873Opened
15 September 1939Closed
5 April 1958Re-opened
Tan-y-Bwlch in 2008

Tan-y-Bwlch railway station is the principal intermediate passenger station on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway, which was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea. The station lies off the B4410 former turnpike road from Maentwrog to Llanfrothen and Beddgelert, which the railway crosses on a fine cast-iron skew bridge (made at Boston Lodge foundry in 1854 and surmounted by 'gothic' balustrades).

Tan-y-Bwlch is at a height of 430 ft (130 m). and at a distance of just under 7.5 miles (12.1 km) from Porthmadog.