Cemmaes railway station explained

Cemmaes
Status:Disused
Borough:Cemmaes, Gwynedd
Country:Wales
Platforms:1
Original:Mawddwy Railway
Pregroup:Cambrian Railways
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:30 September 1867[1]
Events:Station opens
Years2:17 April 1901
Events2:Station closes to passengers
Years3:31 July 1911
Events3:Station reopens
Years4:1 January 1931
Events4:Station closes to passengers

Cemmaes railway station was an intermediate railway station on the Mawddwy Railway which ran from Cemmaes Road to Dinas Mawddy in the Welsh county of Merionethshire. The station was opened by the Mawddwy Railway in 1867 and closed to all goods traffic in 1908. The railway re-opened in 1911 with all services run by the Cambrian Railways. It was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway in 1923 as part of the grouping of British railways, and remained open to passenger traffic until 1931.

History

The Mawddwy Railway was first opened in 1867, however it was closed to passenger traffic in 1901, and closed to all goods traffic in 1908. It reopened on 31 July 1911 as a light railway system, as a result of the support of several local councils.[2] The railway was incorporated, as part of the Cambrian Railways, into the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The railway closed its passenger services in 1931, although the line continued to remain open for freight traffic until 1952.[2]

The station served local passenger needs for the village of Cemmaes.

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Notes and References

  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 118
  2. Web site: Disused Station: Aberangell. Disused Railway Stations. 10 April 2016.