Bontnewydd railway station

Railway halt on the Welsh Highland Railway, Wales

53°06′57″N 4°16′29″W / 53.11597°N 4.27478°W / 53.11597; -4.27478Grid referenceSH478600Owned byFestiniog Railway CompanyManaged byWelsh Highland RailwayPlatforms1
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Bontnewydd is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway. The halt was opened on 31 May 1999 on the petition of the villagers of Bontnewydd, and is between Caernarfon and Dinas on the Lôn Eifion cycle route. It is a request stop with no station buildings and a single low platform. The train services are operated by the Festiniog Railway Company.

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A halt existed here on the horse-drawn Nantlle Railway from 1856 to 12 June 1865.[1][2] From the outset timetables appeared regularly in the Carnarvon & Denbigh Herald[3] and in Bradshaw from October 1856.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Boyd 1990, p. 102.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 39.
  3. ^ Specimen timetable, North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser 14 May 1859
  4. ^ Example timetable in Bradshaw

Sources

  • Boyd, James I.C. (1990) [1972]. Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire, Volume 1: The West. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-273-5. OCLC 650247345.
  • 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.

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  • The Welsh Highland Railway Project - official reconstruction site
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