Criccieth railway station

Criccieth railway station serves the seaside town of Criccieth on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales.

Criccieth

Welsh: Cricieth
LocationCriccieth, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52.918°N 4.238°W / 52.918; -4.238
Grid referenceSH496380
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeCCC
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyAberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1867opened
Passengers
2015/16 28,692
2016/17 29,600
2017/18 27,486
2018/19 27,532
2019/20 23,954
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened on 2 September 1867 by the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway.[1][2]

Goods services were withdrawn in 1964.[3] The line between Bangor and Afonwen was closed the same year. Prior to this there was a through service in the summer between Criccieth and London and Birmingham.[4][5] Services included London Euston via Crewe, Chester, Llandudno Junction and Caernarvon; the Pwllheli portion was detached at Afonwen and the forward coaches proceeded to Portmadoc (the spellings are those used at the time). There was also a summer Saturday service between London Paddington and Pwllheli, via Birmingham Snow Hill, Shrewsbury and Machynlleth.[6][7]

The station originally had two platforms with a passing loop; this was taken out of use when the signal box closed on 16 October 1977, though the redundant track remained in place for several years. The station is now a single-platform, unstaffed halt.[8][9] The platform is accessible from the High Street, and there is a car park.[10] The main station building is in private use.[11]

Services

The station is on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Harlech, Barmouth, Tywyn, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Trains call every two hours each way (on request) on weekdays, with 3 trains each way on summer Sundays and a single one each way in the winter months.[12]

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Penychain   Transport for Wales
Pwllheli - Machynlleth/Birmingham International
   Porthmadog
  Historical railways  
Afon Wen
Line open; station closed		   Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
Cambrian Railways
   Black Rock Halt
Line open; station closed

References

Citations

  1. Jenkins & Loader 2015, p. 276.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 71.
  3. Jenkins & Loader 2015, p. 277.
  4. "LNWR Caernarfon - Afonwen". London & North Western Railway Society. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. "Bangor to Caernarfon train driver says it was a mistake to close the line". North Wales Daily Post. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. Steele 2007, p. 67.
  7. Cryer 2014, p. 141.
  8. Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 81-3 & Map XXII.
  9. Shannon & Hillmer 1999, pp. 28-29.
  10. "Criccieth". National Rail. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  11. "The Welsh train station that's being sold as a home - even though the platform is still in use". Wales Online. 6 March 2019.
  12. Table 76 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

  • Jenkins, Stanley; Loader, Martin (2015). The Great Western Railway Volume Five Shrewsbury to Pwllheli. Amberley. ISBN 978-1-445-64299-4.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines (Country Railway Routes). Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978 1 906008 72 7.
  • Shannon, Paul; Hillmer, John (1999). North Wales (British Railways Past & Present) Part 2. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-163-1. No 36.
  • Steele, Rod (2007). From Crewe to Euston: In the Golden Age of Steam. History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0-750-94753-4.
  • Cryer, Geoff (2014). Shropshire Railways. Crowood. ISBN 978-1-847-97692-5.

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