Chwilog railway station

Chwilog railway station was a railway station that served the village of Chwilog, Gwynedd, Wales. It was opened in 1867 by the Carnarvonshire Railway, who were subsequently taken over by the LNWR, passing to the LMSR at the Grouping of 1923. The station came under the London Midland Region of British Railways from nationalisation in 1948.

Chwilog
Site of the former station in 1986
General information
Location	Chwilog, Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	52.92027°N 4.33050°W / 52.92027; -4.33050
Grid reference	SH 433 384
Platforms	1[1][2]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 September 1867[3]	Line and station opened
7 December 1964	Line and station closed[4][5][6]

v t e Carnarvonshire Railway
Legend
Bangor and Carnarvon Railway to Bangor Caernarvon Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway Caernarfon (WHR) Quay sidings Caernarvon (Morfa) Carnarvon (Pant) Pont Rug Halt Pontrhythallt Bontnewydd (WHR) Cwm-y-Glo Llanberis Tunnel Glynrhonwy Quarries Padarn Halt Llanberis Dinas Junction Welsh Highland Railway Llanwnda Groeslon Penygroes Nantlle Branch Junction Nantlle summit Pant Glas Brynkir Ynys Llangybi Chwilog Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly to Pwllheli Afon Wen Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly to Porthmadog

A year after the station opened £100 was spent improving its passenger accommodation.^[7]

Apart from goods and passenger services normal for a country station, a strong milk traffic was developed, culminating in a train of five vans of churns being sent to Liverpool daily from 1943 to 1949. The siding at Chwilog could only accommodate five vans, so the opportunity to expand the business was lost to road traffic in winter 1949–50.^[8]

The line and station closed in December 1964.

In 2015 the station area was covered by a bus station, but the platform was still in place behind a new housing estate and the station master's house was in use as a private residence.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Llangybi Line and Station closed		London and North Western Railway Carnarvonshire Railway		Afon Wen Line closed; Station closed