Bala (Penybont) is the current terminus of the heritage Bala Lake Railway, in Gwynedd, Wales, since 1976. The site was formerly the location of the Bala Lake Halt railway station, a former station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line.
Bala Lake Halt | |
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_railway_station.jpg) The station in April 2019 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Bala, Gwynedd Wales |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 5 February 1934 | Opened[1] |
| 25 September 1939 | Closed[1] |
| 25 March 1976 | Opens as Bala (Llyn Tegid)[1] |
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The narrow-gauge Bala Lake Railway originally named the station Bala (Llyn Tegid) (Llyn Tegid is the Welsh name for Bala Lake).
History
editThe first station for Bala opened on the site in 1868 but closed in 1882 when the Bala (New) station opened nearer the town. Opened by the Great Western Railway in 1934, it closed in 1939.[1] In 1976 the Bala Lake Railway opened its eastern terminus on the site.[1] The Bala Lake Railway began passenger services in 1972, and opened extensions in 1973 and 1975. Bala was reached in 1976. Writing in the railway directory "Steam '81" the general manager, G H Barnes, stated: "We aim to be in Bala near Loch Cafe in 1981, distance then 5.25 miles."[2] This was an official prediction of the further extension of the line into Bala town centre, but the work was not carried out, and the statement was not repeated in the following year's directory, "Steam '82", leaving Bala (Llyn Tegid) as the eastern terminus of the line.
References
editNotes
editSources
edit- 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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Ruabon to Barmouth. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 70-73. ISBN 9781906008840. OCLC 651922152.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Llangower | Great Western Railway | Bala Junction | ||
 Heritage railways
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| Llangower | Bala Lake Railway | Terminus | ||
External links
edit- Bala (Llyn Tegid) station on navigable 1946 O. S. map Site is on railway at corner of lake labelled Pont Mwngyll-y-llyn
- Railscot on Bala and Festiniog Line
- Bala Lake Railway on the site now
- Bala Lake Halt.
52°54′05″N 3°35′36″W / 52.90139°N 3.59333°W
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