Tywyn railway station
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History
The line was built by the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway in 1863 and became incorporated in the Cambrian Railways in 1867. Upon the line opening a temporary station was located adjacent to Neptune Road bridge until the present permanent station was completed a few years later.[1] The Welsh romantic poet John Ceiriog Hughes was stationmaster at Tywyn for a brief period in 1870.[2]
In 1922 Cambrian Railways became part of the Great Western Railway and in 1948 following nationalisation operation of the station passed to British Railways Western Region. Until the 1960s there was a summer service between London Paddington and Pwllheli, via Birmingham Snow Hill, Shrewsbury and Machynlleth.
Unlike most stations on the Cambrian Line, Tywyn has retained two platforms and a passing loop. The station however is unstaffed, and the original station buildings remained derelict from the 1980s until the mid-2000s when they were refurbished as offices. In 2013 the building on the up side was in use as a Spiritualist Church.
Facilities
There are no staff at Tywyn, but there are Help Points, announcements and departure boards. There is also a small car park with 20 spaces and a bike rack with six spaces. There are no ticketing facilities either.[3]
Services
As the area was a test bed for the new ERTMS signalling system, services are exclusively operated by Class 158 DMUs; these are the only units operated by Transport for Wales currently equipped for ERTMS operation. On weekdays services are approximately every two hours each way, with most running through to/from Template:Rws via Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street.[4]
The Talyllyn Railway runs from Tywyn to Abergynolwyn and Nant Gwernol. These services operate from Tywyn Wharf station, which is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". southwards down the road running parallel to the Cambrian line.
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Tonfanau | style="background:#Template:KAW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Transport for Wales Cambrian Coast Line |
style="background:#Template:KAW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Aberdovey |
| Heritage Railways Heritage railways | ||||
| Tonfanau Line and station open |
style="background:#Template:Cambrian colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Cambrian Railways Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway |
style="background:#Template:Cambrian colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Aberdovey Line and station open References<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
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