Place Fairbourne Station code FRB DfT category F2 Number of platforms 1 | Grid reference SH616128 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 47,198 | |
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Address Fairbourne LL38 2AQ, United Kingdom Original company Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Similar Llwyngwril railway station, Fairbourne Railway, Barmouth Ferry railway st, Morfa Mawddach railway st, Talybont railway station | ||
Fairbourne railway station serves the village of Fairbourne in Gwynedd, Wales. It is an unstaffed station on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Barmouth, Harlech, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Tywyn, Aberdovey, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury.
The 12ΒΌ inch gauge Fairbourne Railway has a separate station nearby from which narrow gauge trains run the 2 miles from Fairbourne to Barmouth Ferry (Penrhyn Point).
The station first opened on 3 July 1865 and closed on 3 June 1867, during which time it was named Barmouth Ferry. It reopened as Fairbourne on 6 June 1899.
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