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Blaenau Ffestiniog North railway station
Disused railway station in Gwynedd, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Blaenau Ffestiniog North (initially named plain "Blaenau Festiniog", without a second f) was the London and North Western Railway's (LNWR's) second passenger station in Blaenau Ffestiniog, then in Merionethshire, now in Gwynedd, Wales.
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Blaenau Ffestiniog North | |
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![]() Blaenau Ffestiniog North in the late 1950s | |
General information | |
Location | Blaenau Ffestiniog,[1][2][3] Gwynedd Wales |
Coordinates | 52.9957°N 3.9443°W / 52.9957; -3.9443 |
Grid reference | SH 696 460 |
Platforms | 1[4] |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | LMSR |
Key dates | |
1 April 1881 | Opened as "Blaenau Festiniog", replacing Blaenau Ffestiniog (Pantyrafon) |
18 June 1951 | Renamed "Blaenau Ffestiniog North" |
8 May 1968 | Renamed "Blaenau Ffestiniog" |
22 March 1982 | Replaced by a new Blaenau Ffestiniog nearer town centre[5][6] |
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