Place Morfa Mawddach Station code MFA DfT category F2 Number of platforms 1 | Grid reference SH628141 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 9,618 | |
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Similar Talybont railway station, Barmouth railway station, Llwyngwril railway station, Dovey Junction railway st, Llanaber railway station | ||
Morfa Mawddach railway station, formerly Barmouth Junction, is in Gwynedd, Wales, on the Cambrian Coast Railway between Machynlleth and Pwllheli at its junction with the Dolgelley [sic] branch of the Aberystwith [sic] and Welsh Coast Railway part of the Ruabon to Barmouth Line which closed in 1965.
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History
The station was built by the Aberystwith [sic] and Welsh Coast Railway and opened on 3 July 1865 as Barmouth Junction. From 1899 to 1903 there was a connection with the Barmouth Junction and Arthog Tramway.
Until the 1960s there was a summer service between London Paddington and Pwllheli, via Birmingham Snow Hill, Shrewsbury and Machynlleth.
On 13 June 1960 it was renamed as Morfa Mawddach.
Background
North of Morfa Mawddach the railway crosses the Afon Mawddach on the famous Barmouth Bridge.
Morfa Mawddach is mainly used by travellers to Barmouth from south of the Mawddach Estuary: parking at the station and taking the train to Barmouth is often much quicker than the 20-mile road journey via Dolgellau. Originally a four-platform station, it is now a single platform unstaffed halt. Trains stop on request.
Morfa Mawddach is often quoted as an example of a notable feature of the Great Western Railway in Wales, namely its inheritance of junctions in unlikely and inconvenient locations. Other examples are Moat Lane Junction, Talyllyn Junction, Afon Wen and Dovey Junction.
The trackbed to Dolgellau now forms the Llwybr Mawddach (Mawddach Trail), which officially starts at the station car park.