9 July 1923 Opened | Grid reference SH 519 378 13 August 1976 Closed Platforms in use 1 | |
Similar Penychain railway station, Coronation Chair, Ffestiniog Railway | ||
Black Rock Halt was a railway station located in Gwynedd between Criccieth and Porthmadog on the former Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway. It served the popular beach at Black Rock Sands.
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History
The halt was opened on 9 September 1923 by the Great Western Railway who saw themselves as the 'holiday line' and consisted of a 100-foot-long (30 m) wooden platform.
The station closed on safety grounds in August 1976, but was not removed from the working timetable until the following year when official closure took place. No trace of the wooden platform now remains.
The site today
Trains on the Cambrian Line pass the site of the former station, which is just about discernible on modern aerial photography.
References
Black Rock Halt railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA