Borth railway station

Borth railway station is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in mid-Wales, serving the village of Borth near Aberystwyth.

Borth
Location
PlaceBorth
Local authorityCeredigion
Coordinates52.491°N 4.050°W / 52.491; -4.050
Grid referenceSN609900
Operations
Station codeBRH
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 53,662
2015/16 61,468
2016/17 64,498
2017/18 67,186
2018/19 61,446
History
Key datesOpened 1863 (1863)
Listed status
Listing gradeGrade II listed (since 8 December 1997)
Entry number19150[1]
Added to list8 December 1997
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Borth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History
Borth Station in 1962

The station opened in 1863. It originally had two platforms, but is now an unmanned halt.

The original station building still remains and is Grade II listed and in private / commercial use apart from one room, which provides a waiting room for passengers. The station was adopted under the Arriva Trains Wales Station Adoption Scheme and has won a number of community awards.

Volunteers started in January 2011 to convert an unused part of the waiting room and the long-closed booking office into a museum; this was completed in July 2011.[2] The museum now houses various collections, including Village History, Railway & Industrial Heritage, Natural History and Environmental displays.[3]

Facilities

Train running information is provided by the standard combination of digital CIS displays, timetable poster boards and customer help point installed at most TfW-managed stations. Step-free access is available from the entrance and car park to the platform.[4]

The museum and station play a key role in Season 1, Episode 4 ("The Girl in the Water") of Y Gwyll (Hinterland in English), transmitted on S4C in 2013 and BBC One Wales in January 2014.[5]

Services

Trains call at least every two hours in each direction (Mon-Sat), rising to hourly at certain times of day (morning & afternoon peak periods and into the evening). They run to Aberystwyth westbound and either Machynlleth, Shrewsbury or Birmingham International eastbound. A similar frequency operates on Sundays, but starting later in the day.[6]

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Transport for Wales
Birmingham International-Aberystwyth

References
  1. "Borth Station". Historic Wales. Cadw. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. Johnston, Howard (10 August 2011). "Regional News". Rail. Peterborough. p. 24.
  3. "Welcome to Borth Station Museum". Borth Station Museum. Borth Station Museum. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. "Borth station facilities". National Rail. Rail Delivery Group. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. "Hinterland: Series 1, Episode 4 Review". Dead Good. Penguin Random House. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. Table 76 National Rail timetable, May 2016


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