Llanaber railway station
General information | |||||
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Location | Llanaber, Gwynedd Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 52°44′31″N 4°04′37″W / 52.742°N 4.077°W | ||||
Grid reference | SH598180 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | LLA | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 14 August 1911[1] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 2,874 | ||||
2019/20 | 2,780 | ||||
2020/21 | 440 | ||||
2021/22 | 620 | ||||
2022/23 | 1,750 | ||||
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Llanaber railway station serves the village of Llanaber near Barmouth in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Harlech, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Most trains call only on request.
The station platform is located on a narrow ledge below the village of Llanaber and immediately above a rocky beach.
Since 22 June 2020, trains have not called at the station due to the short platform and the inability to maintain social distancing between passengers and the guard when opening the train door.[needs update][2]
January 2014 storms
[edit]On 3 January 2014 wave action washed away 300 tonnes (330 tons) of track bed and deposited 800 tonnes (880 tons) of debris on the line.[3] The line was closed for five months whilst Network Rail engineers repaired the formation and rebuilt the sea wall, with traffic resuming as far as Harlech on 1 May. Through services to Pwllheli remained suspended until 1 September due to rebuilding work on the Pont Briwet viaduct to the north at Penrhyndeudraeth.
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Covid-19 timetable from 29 March 2021". 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Road trip for storm-hit Barmouth marooned trains". BBC. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
External links
[edit]Media related to Llanaber railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Train times and station information for Llanaber railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Transport for Wales Cambrian Coast Line | ||||
Historical railways | ||||
Talybont Line and station open |
Cambrian Railways Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway |
Barmouth Line and station open |