Aber railway station (Gwynedd)

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]

For the current station of the same name in Caerphilly, see Aber railway station.

Aber
Aber station in 1936, looking east toward Conwy
Location
PlaceAbergwyngregyn
AreaGwynedd
Coordinates53.2387°N 4.0226°W / 53.2387; -4.0226
Grid referenceSH650732
Operations
Original companyChester and Holyhead Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
1 May 1848Station opens
12 September 1960Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

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.

Goods facilities included cattle pens and a siding for loading slate from Lord Penryn’s slate works which was adjacent. In later years the station had also been the location of a camping coach.

References
  1. "Railways of North Wales 1975-1983: aber:general". 2d53.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Jowett, A. (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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Llanfairfechan   London and North Western Railway
North Wales Coast Line		   Bangor
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