Aberangell railway station was a railway station on the Cambrian Railways branch 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. It was then purchased by the Great Western Railway in 1923, and continued to remain open to all passenger and freight traffic until the 1930s and 1950s, respectively. The station was the transshipment point between the branch and the Hendre-Ddu Tramway.
Aberangell | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Gwynedd |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| Original company | Mawddwy Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| ? 1865 | Station opens |
| 17 April 1901 | Station closes |
| 31 July 1911 | Station reopens |
| 1 January 1931 | Station closes |
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 July 1911 as a light railway system, as a result of the support of several local councils.[1] 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.[1]
The station served local passenger needs. There was also a thriving goods service, with parcels and farm machinery delivered by the Mawddwy Railway and livestock being sent away from the station. The Hendre Ddu Tramway connected a number of local slate quarries to the station, where a wharf was provided to unload slate onto Mawdwwy Railway wagons. During the First World War a great deal of timber was felled in the forests west of Aberangell. This was sawn into pit props and sent down the Hendre Ddu Tramway to be shipped out on the standard gauge railway. This timber traffic continued into the early 1920s. Some logs were shipped to Dinas Mawddwy where a sawmill processed them into timber. The Hendre Ddu Tramway closed in 1939. During the Second World War ammunition was stored in the Hendreddu Slate Quarry, arriving by Great Western Railway trains and being taken by lorry along the tramway trackbed to the quarry.
References
- ^ a b "Disused Station: Aberangell". Disused Railway Stations. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
Bibliography
- R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) ISBN 1-85260-508-1 - A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) ISBN 0-906899-99-0
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cemmaes | Cambrian Railways Mawddwy Railway |
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