Notes: The station was opened as Barmouth Junction. Initially
it was a terminus because the viaduct across the river at Barmouth
has not been approved for passenger use; passengers were taken
across by horse and carriage. Regular trains first crossed on
10.10.1867.
The Barmouth Junction -Dolgellau line was completed in 1869
by the Cambrian Railway in order to oppose the spread of the
Great Western with which it connected at Dolgellau, at the end
of their line from Ruabon
The station was renamed in Morfa Mawddach on 13.6.1960. The
goods service was withdrawn on 4.11.1963. The Dolgellau platform
was closed on 18.1.1965 along with the line to Ruabon. The station
was unstaffed from 6.5.1968
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The station was sited on the north side of a triangular junction
although through running from the Machynlleth to Dolgellau direction
had not been possible since the closure of the South cabin by
the Cambrian Railway before WW1. The curve itself was retained
as a siding, and was used until the early 1960's for turning
locomotives. |
The line from Morfa Mawddach to Dolgellau now forms part of
the Mawddach
Way cyclepath
Tickets from Michael Stewart
Further reading: Coast
Lines of the Cambrian Railways Volume 2 - Dovey Junction
- Barmouth Junction by C C Green. Wild Swan Publications 1996
- ISBN 1874103291
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