Bala Lake Halt railway station
| Bala Lake Halt | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Bala |
| Area | Gwynedd |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 5 February 1934 | Opened[1] |
| 25 September 1939 | Closed[1] |
| 25 March 1976 | Opens as Bala (Llyn Tegid)[1] |
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Bala Lake Halt railway station in Gwynedd, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line.
Bala (Penybont) is the current terminus of the Bala Lake Railway, and has occupied the site of the former halt since 1976. The narrow-gauge Bala Lake Railway originally named the station Bala (Llyn Tegid) (Llyn Tegid is Welsh for "Lake Bala". The station was subsequently renamed to the current Bala (Penybont).
History
Opened by the Great Western Railway in 1934, it closed in 1939.[1] In 1976 the Bala Lake Railway opened its eastern terminus on the site.[1] The Bala Lake Railway began passenger services in 1972, and opened extensions in 1973 and 1975. Bala was reached in 1976. Writing in the railway directory "Steam '81" the general manager, G H Barnes, stated: "We aim to be in Bala near Loch Cafe in 1981, distance then 5.25 miles."[2] This was an official prediction of the further extension of the line into Bala town centre, but the work was not carried out, and the statement was not repeated in the following year's directory, "Steam '82", leaving Bala (Llyn Tegid) as the eastern terminus of the line.
References
Notes
Sources
- 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Llangower | Great Western Railway | Bala Junction | ||
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| Llangower | Bala Lake Railway | Terminus | ||
External links
- Bala (Llyn Tegid) station on navigable 1946 O. S. map Site is on railway at corner of lake labelled Pont Mwngyll-y-llyn
- Railscot on Bala and Festiniog Line
- Bala Lake Railway on the site now
- Bala Lake Halt.
Coordinates: 52°54′05″N 3°35′36″W / 52.90139°N 3.59333°W