Arenig railway station

Arenig
Arenig
	Site of the station in 1992
General information
Location	Arenig, west of Bala, Gwynedd; Wales
Coordinates	52.9382°N 3.7408°W
Grid reference	SH 831 392
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bala and Festiniog Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 November 1882	Opened
4 January 1960	Closed to passengers
28 January 1961	Closed completely

Arenig railway station stood beneath Arenig Fawr on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Gwynedd, Wales. It served this thinly populated upland area, but its particular purposes were to serve Arenig Granite quarry which opened in 1908 next to the station and to act as a passing loop on the largely single-track route. The railway was the quarry's main carrier and also its main customer, crushed stone being used for track ballast.

Bala & Festiniog Railway

Conwy Valley line

to Llandudno

Ffestiniog Railway

to Porthmadog Harbour

Blaenau Festiniog Junction

Blaenau Ffestiniog North

to Duffws (FR)

(F&BR)

(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

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

The station closed to passengers in January 1960 and freight a year later, with the last revenue earning train on 27 January 1961.

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