Festiniog railway station

Festiniog
The disused tracks near the site of the station in 2009
General information
Location	Llan Ffestiniog, Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	52°57′33″N 3°55′49″W / 52.9591°N 3.9304°W / 52.9591; -3.9304
Grid reference	SH 704 419
Platforms	2[1][2][3][4]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	F&BR (Narrow Gauge), B&FR (Standard Gauge)
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
30 May 1868	Narrow gauge opened to Blaenau[5]
1 November 1882	Standard gauge opened from Bala[6]
10 September 1883	Standard gauge replaced narrow
4 January 1960	Closed to passengers
28 January 1961	Line and station closed[7]
10 April 1964	Line reopened, but not the station
17 October 1998	Line closed and mothballed

v t e Festiniog & Blaenau Railway
Legend
to Porthmadog Harbour Dolgarregddu Junction Duffws (FR) Diphwys inclines to quarries Glynllifon Street wooden viaduct Tan-y-Manod to Graig Ddu and Manod quarries Tyddyngwyn Festiniog
Key
Ffestiniog Railway Festiniog & Blaenau Rly quarry lines

v t e Bala & Festiniog Railway
Legend
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

Festiniog railway station served the village of Llan Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales.^{[8][9][10][11][12]} This station was one of many 19th century institutions in Wales to be given an anglicised name. Over the years, and especially since the Second World War, most have been rendered into Welsh or given both Welsh and English names, but Festiniog station closed before this happened. The village of Llan Ffestiniog – known locally simply as "Llan"^[13] – lies over 3 km south of the larger and more recent Blaenau Ffestiniog, and over three miles south by rail.