Tygwyn railway station

Tygwyn railway station is located at a level crossing on the A496 between Harlech and Talsarnau near the estuary of the Afon Dwyryd in Gwynedd, Wales.

Tygwyn
View of the Platform at Tygywn, July 2023
General information
Location	Glan-y-wern, Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	52.893728°N 4.078597°W / 52.893728; -4.078597
Grid reference	SH602349
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	TYG
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
11 July 1927	opened
Passengers
2018/19	1,330
2019/20	1,062
2020/21	4
2021/22	224
2022/23	1,052
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The results of "station adoption" by the local community, seen here in 2013

British Rail requested the permission of the Secretary of State for Transport to close Tygwyn and three other Cambrian Coast stations (namely Abererch, Llandecwyn and Tonfanau) during the mid-1990s. Their winter 1995/96 timetable featured only two northbound and three southbound trains Mondays to Saturdays, with a note that the service may be withdrawn before 1 June 1996.^[1] The closure plans were eventually dropped and the station remains open today with a much improved service (all but one northbound train is scheduled to call (on request) in the summer 2016 timetable).^[2]

Services

The station remains as an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Most trains call only on request. Trains arrive roughly every two hours.

On Mondays to Fridays, there are:

• 8 trains to Pwllheli.
• 6 trains to Birmingham International.
• 1 train to Shrewsbury.
• 1 train to Machynlleth.

On Saturdays, there are:

• 8 trains to Pwllheli.
• 5 trains to Birmingham International.
• 1 train to Shrewsbury.
• 1 train to Birmingham New Street.
• 1 train to Machynlleth.

On summer Sundays, there are three departures in each direction. This drops to just one departure each way in the winter.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Harlech		Transport for Wales Cambrian Coast Line		Talsarnau
	Historical railways
Harlech Line and station open		Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Cambrian Railways		Talsarnau Line and station open

References

1. Regional Railways Central: "Cambrian Coaster Train Times", September 1995
2. Table 76 National Rail timetable, May 2016

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• 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.

External links

Media related to Tygwyn railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Tygwyn railway station from National Rail
• RAILSCOT on Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway