Tan-y-Bwlch | |
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Station on heritage railway | |
![]() Tan-y-Bwlch around 1900 | |
General information | |
Location | Tan-y-Bwlch, Gwynedd Wales |
Coordinates | 52°57′16″N 4°00′40″W / 52.95439°N 4.01112°W |
Grid reference | SH650415 |
Owned by | Festiniog Railway Company |
Managed by | Ffestiniog Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Key dates | |
July 1873 | Opened |
15 September 1939 | Closed |
5 April 1958 | Re-opened |
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.
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