Place Blaenau Ffestiniog Grid reference SH 696 469 Platforms in use 1 | Area Gwynedd 22 July 1879 Opened | |
1 April 1881 Replaced by permanent station Original company London and North Western Railway | ||
Blaenau Ffestiniog (Pantyrafon) was the London and North Western Railway's (LNWR) first passenger station in Blaenau Ffestiniog, then in Merionethshire, now in Gwynedd, Wales. It opened on 22 July 1879 as a temporary structure for use until the company's permanent station opened on 1 April 1881, when the temporary structure closed. It was situated within yards of the southern portal of Ffestiniog Tunnel.
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Context
The complex and confusing evolution of Blaenau's passenger stations is expanded here.
The station's name
Different sources refer to the station as "Blaenau Festiniog", "Pantyrafon", "Blaenau Festiniog (1)", or give descriptions, such as "a temporary station at the 'town' end of the tunnel", "the first temporary station", or "a temporary terminus near the foot of the Llechwedd incline".
Whatever it was called, the station served workers living in the Conwy Valley and working in the quarries north west of Blaenau, but was half a mile from the town itself.
The station today
No trace of the station survives.