Gogarth railway station

Gogarth railway station served a sparsely populated area on the north shore of the Dyfi estuary in the Welsh county of Merionethshire.

Not to be confused with Gogar railway station.

Gogarth
General information
LocationEglwys Fach, Merionethshire
Wales
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Key dates
9 June 1923Station opens as Gogarth Halt
6 May 1968Station renamed Gogarth
14 May 1984Last Train
30 September 1985Station closes (officially)

History

Opened by the Great Western Railway on 9 July 1923 and originally named Gogarth Halt, it had a short wooden platform with no shelter. The station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Renamed Gogarth on 6 May 1968, services were suspended from 14 May 1984 due to the deteriorating structural condition of the platform and cost of repairs needed.[1] The station was officially closed by the British Railways Board on 30 September 1985.[2]

The site today

Trains on the Cambrian Line pass the site of the former halt but there is no trace of its existence. Only the access path leading from a lay-by on the A493 road exists.

Notes
  1. Slater, John, ed. (June 1984). "Cambrian halts decision". The Railway Magazine. 130 (998): 243.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 106.

References
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  • A. Jowett (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dovey Junction
Line and station open		   Great Western Railway   Abertafol Halt
Line open, station closed

52.5608°N 3.9610°W / 52.5608; -3.9610


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