Borth railway station

Borth railway station serves the village of Borth, near Aberystwyth, Wales. It is a stop on the Cambrian Line between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth.

Borth
General information
Location	Borth, Ceredigion Wales
Coordinates	52.491°N 4.050°W / 52.491; -4.050
Grid reference	SN609900
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	BRH
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1 July 1863
Original company	Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Passengers
2019/20	55,634
2020/21	8,444
2021/22	32,764
2022/23	44,902
2023/24	57,948
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated	8 December 1997
Reference no.	19150[1]
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Borth station in 1962

The station was opened by the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway on 1 July 1863, along with the section of line between Machynlleth and Borth.^[2][3]

It originally had two platforms with a goods yard to the north,^[4] but is now an unstaffed halt.^[5]

The station was host to a Great Western Railway camping coach from 1934 to 1939;^[6][7] one was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1962. In 1963, the administration of camping coaches at the station was taken over by the London Midland; there was a coach here from 1963 to 1968 and two coaches from 1969 to 1971.^[8]

The original station building still remains and is Grade II listed; it is in private commercial use apart from one room, which provides a waiting room for passengers. The station was adopted under Arriva Trains Wales' Station Adoption Scheme and has won a number of community awards.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2011, volunteers started to convert an unused part of the waiting room and the long-closed booking office into a museum; this was completed in July 2011.^[9] The museum now houses various collections, including Village History, Railway & Industrial Heritage, Natural History and Environmental displays.^[10]

Facilities

Train running information is provided by the standard combination of digital CIS displays, timetable poster boards and customer help point installed at most TfW-managed stations. Step-free access is available from the entrance and car park to the platform.^[11]

In popular culture

The museum and station play a key role in series 1, episode 4, entitled "The Girl in the Water", of Y Gwyll (Hinterland in English); this was transmitted on S4C in 2013 and BBC One Wales in January 2014.^[12] In 2019, Derek Brockway visited Borth Station Museum^[13] as part of his walk from Ynyslas to Aberystwyth, on his BBC programme Weatherman Walking.^[14]

Services

Trains call at least every two hours in each direction on Mondays-Saturdays; this rises to hourly during morning and afternoon peak periods and into the evening. Services operate to Aberystwyth westbound and either Machynlleth, Shrewsbury or Birmingham International eastbound.

A similar frequency operates on Sundays, but starting later in the day.^[15]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Bow Street		Transport for Wales Birmingham International-Aberystwyth		Dovey Junction
	Historical railways
Llandre Line open, station closed		Cambrian Railways Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway		Ynyslas Line open, station closed