Bala Junction railway station

Bala Junction
Bala Junction station in 1962
General information
Location	Bala, Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	52°54′23″N 3°34′53″W / 52.90640°N 3.58150°W / 52.90640; -3.58150
Grid reference	SH 937 355
Platforms	3[1][2][3]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 November 1882	Opened[4]
18 January 1965[5][6]	Closed to passengers

v t e Bala & Festiniog Railway
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Conwy Valley line to Llandudno Ffestiniog Railway to Porthmadog Harbour Blaenau Festiniog Junction Blaenau Ffestiniog North Blaenau Ffestiniog Ffestiniog Railway to Duffws (FR) Diphwys (F&BR) Glynllifon Street (F&BR) Former wooden viaduct Tan-y-Manod (F&BR) Graig Ddu Quarry Pengwern Quarry Tyddyngwyn (F&BR) Manod Teigl Halt Festiniog Maentwrog Road Line to south dismantled Trawsfynydd power station loading point Trawsfynydd Lake Halt Trawsfynydd Camp Trawsfynydd Llafar Halt Bryn-Celynog Halt Cwm Prysor Viaduct Cwm Prysor Halt Arenig Capel Celyn Halt Section flooded by Llyn Celyn Tyddyn Bridge Halt (under dam wall) Frongoch Bala (New) Bala Junction Ruabon–Barmouth line to Llandderfel Bala (Penybont) (original Bala Lake Halt) Bala Lake Railway to Llanuwchllyn Ruabon–Barmouth line to Barmouth

v t e Ruabon–Barmouth line
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Shrewsbury–Chester line to Chester Ruabon Llangollen Junction Shrewsbury–Chester line to Shrewsbury Acrefair Trevor Pontcysyllte Branch via Monsanto works Sun Bank Halt Llangollen Berwyn Deeside Halt Glyndyfrdwy Carrog Bonwm Halt Corwen East Denbigh, Ruthin & Corwen Rly to Denbigh Corwen Cynwyd Llandrillo Llandderfel Bala Junction Bala and Festiniog Railway to Blaenau Ffestiniog Bala (Penybont) formerly Bala Lake Halt Bryn Hynod Halt Llangower Glan Llyn Halt Pentrepiod Halt Llanuwchllyn Llys Halt Garneddwen Halt Drws-y-Nant Wnion Halt Bont Newydd Dolserau Halt Dolgellau Penmaenpool Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly to Pwllheli Barmouth Barmouth Bridge over Afon Mawddach Arthog Barmouth Junction (Morfa Mawddach) Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly to Machynlleth

Bala Junction railway station was on the Ruabon to Barmouth line in southern Gwynedd, Wales.^[7] It closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965. Bala Junction was unusual in that it was inaccessible by road^[8] and merely served as an interchange station; it was located about ¾ mile to the south-east of the town of Bala.

The station was at the junction with the Blaenau Ffestiniog branch. It was built as a crossing point for trains on the Bala Ffestiniog and Ruabon Barmouth lines, and featured three platforms with a small waiting room and signalbox on a central island platform. There was also a cast-iron GWR water tank.^[9]