Place Dolgellau Pre-grouping Great Western Railway 4 August 1868 Opened as Dolgelly Original company Ruabon to Barmouth Line | Area Gwynedd Post-grouping Great Western Railway 12 Sept.1960 renamed Dolgellau Platforms in use 2 | |
Similar Morfa Mawddach railway st, Corris Railway, Coronation Chair, Cadair Idris | ||
Dolgellau railway station ([dɔlˈɡɛɬaɨ]) in Gwynedd, North Wales, was a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line, originally the terminus of a Cambrian Railways branch from Barmouth Junction, then linked by the Great Western Railway to Bala and Ruabon. The station spent most of its life with the spelling "Dolgelly" (often pronounced, especially in English, as [dɔlˈɡɛɬi]); this was altered to "Dolgellau" on 12 September 1960 (see here for more information). It was opened on 4 August 1868, and closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 as a result of the Beeching Axe.
It had two platforms and a passing loop, an extensive goods yard and turntable. According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H & C and there was a 6-ton crane.
No trace remains of the station, which was demolished in the late 1970s to make way for the A470 Dolgellau bypass.