Llangelynin railway station: Difference between revisions

{{InfoboxShort UKdescription|Former disusedrailway station| in Gwynedd, Wales}}

line| status = [[Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway]]| = Disused

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events1| country = Opened|Wales

events2| platforms = Closed|1

'''Llangelynin station''' was a single-platform halt on the [[Cambrian Line]], which served the small village of [[Llangelynin, Gwynedd|Llangelynin]] in [[Gwynedd]], Wales. It was opened in 1930 by the [[AberystwythGreat and Welsh CoastWestern Railway]] and was known as ''Llangelynin Halt''.

It was closed by [[British Rail]] in 1991;<ref name="dftlasttrainsDFT-StationClosures">{{cite web|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/foi/responses/2006/feb/closuredatesformerbrstations/listofclosuredatestopassenge2682|title=List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/foi/responses/2006/feb/closuredatesformerbrstations/ofclosuredatestopassenge2682.pdf|accessdate=2008-08-095 December 2014|publisher=[[Department for Transport]]|year=2006|work=Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006|archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090512072112/http://www.dft.gov.uk/foi/responses/2006/feb/closuredatesformerbrstations/ofclosuredatestopassenge2682.pdf|archivedate=12 May 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>; all stations had to be lit at night on safety grounds and it was deemed not worth the upgrade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/l/llangelynin_halt/index.shtml|title=Llangelynin station|accessdate=2008-08-09|work=[[Subterranea Britannica]]}}</ref> Train services were officially "suspend[ed] ... until further notice" with effect from 25 October 1991; the "unsafe condition of the platform" was given as the reason.<ref name="BRSC265-10">{{cite journal|date=16 November 1991|title=Section 3.3: Llangelynin station|journal=British Rail Sales Circular|location=Swindon|publisher=[[British Rail]] Sales Communications Unit|publication-date=10 November 1991|issue=265|page= 10}}</ref> The line is still open, but trains no longer call at the station.

[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 19031930]]

[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1991]]