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Former railway station in Gwynedd, Wales

Cemmaes
General information
LocationCemmaes, Gwynedd
Wales
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMawddwy Railway
Pre-groupingCambrian Railways
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
30 September 1867Station opens
17 April 1901Station closes to passengers
31 July 1911Station reopens
1 January 1931Station closes to passengers

Cemmaes railway station was an intermediate railway station on the Mawddwy Railway which ran from Cemmaes Road to Dinas Mawddy in the Welsh county of Merionethshire. The station was opened by the Mawddwy Railway in 1867 and closed to all goods traffic in 1908. The railway re-opened in 1911 with all services run by the Cambrian Railways. It was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway in 1923 as part of the grouping of British railways, and remained open to passenger traffic until 1931.

History

The Mawddwy Railway was first opened in 1867, however it was closed to passenger traffic in 1901, and closed to all goods traffic in 1908. It reopened on 31 July 1911 as a light railway system, as a result of the support of several local councils. The railway was incorporated, as part of the Cambrian Railways, into the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The railway closed its passenger services in 1931, although the line continued to remain open for freight traffic until 1952.

The station served local passenger needs for the village of Cemmaes.

References

  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 118
  2. ^ "Disused Station: Aberangell". Disused Railway Stations. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

Bibliography

  • 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.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cemmes Road
Line and station closed
  Cambrian Railways
Mawddwy Railway
  Aberangell
Line and station closed
Closed railway stations in Gwynedd
Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
Bala and Dolgelly Railway
Bala and Festiniog Railway
Bala Lake Railway
Bangor and Carnarvon Railway
Bethesda branch line
Cambrian Line
Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway
Carnarvonshire Railway
Chester and Holyhead Railway
Conwy Valley line
Corris Railway
Corwen and Bala Railway
Ffestiniog Railway
Festiniog and Blaenau Railway
Mawddwy Railway
Nantlle Railway
Welsh Highland Railway

52°38′27″N 3°43′20″W / 52.6408°N 3.7221°W / 52.6408; -3.7221

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