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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [http://www2.whr.co.uk/s/history/history3|Welsh Highland History The Bryngwyn Branch] |
* [http://www2.whr.co.uk/s/history/history3| Welsh Highland History The Bryngwyn Branch] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 10:24, 21 September 2008
Bryngwyn | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Gwynedd |
| Operated by | Ffestiniog Railway |
| Managed by | Ffestiniog Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1877 | Opened |
| 26 September 1936 | Closed |
There is very little left of the original station today which would have stood in the middle of fields near a farm where the station takes its name[1].
The North Wales Narrow Gauage Railway (NWNGR) had originally built a 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) gauge line from a junction with the standard gauge London and North Western Railway line at Dinas to Bryngwyn with a branch from Tryfan Junction via Waunfawr to Llyn Cwellyn (Snowdon Ranger). The line was opened in 1877 and was extended to South Snowdon (Rhyd Ddu) in 1881, a total of 9 miles. This closed to passengers in 1916, but goods traffic continued up to its absorption by the Welsh Highland in 1922.
The intermediate station at Tryfan Junction has not been re-opened. The derelict station building was carefully surveyed and tidied to industrial archaeology standards by the Welsh Highland Heritage Group and secured for rebuilding at a future date. Tryfan was the junction with the branch line to Rhostryfan and Bryngwyn. At Bryngwyn a 1 in 10 balanced inclined plane owned by the Welsh Highland Railway led to an upper plateau from where quarry owned lines radiated to several slate quarries in the Moel Tryfan and Nantlle area. Although slate traffic continued as required until final closure in the 1930s, passenger trains ceased to operate on the branch in 1916. It is intended that the branch will become a public footpath, although with conditions that this will not impede reopening of the branch line in the future[2].
The Station name board is preserved in the Tallylyn Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Tywyn[3].
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways
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Following station | ||
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| Rhostryfan | Welsh Highland Railway | ] | ||