Aber railway station (Gwynedd)

Aber
Aber station in 1936, looking east toward Conwy
Location
Place	Abergwyngregyn
Area	Gwynedd
Coordinates	53°14′19″N 4°01′21″W / 53.2387°N 4.0226°W / 53.2387; -4.0226Coordinates: 53°14′19″N 4°01′21″W / 53.2387°N 4.0226°W / 53.2387; -4.0226
Grid reference	SH650732
Operations
Original company	Chester and Holyhead Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 May 1848	Station opens
12 September 1960	Station closed
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Aber railway station was a railway station on the North Wales Coast Line in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. Although trains still pass on the main line the station closed in 1960. A signal box on the site remained in use until the installation of colour light signalling.^[1]

History

Opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway, then joining the London and North Western Railway, the station became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was closed by the British Transport Commission twelve years later.

The station had been the location of a camping coach.

References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0
• Station on navigable O. S. map

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Rhyl to Bangor. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 96-97. ISBN 9781908174154. OCLC 859594415.

External links

• Pictures and plans of the station
• Station history and images at Disused Stations
• The station site after closure