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:Brynkir railway station

{{short description|Closed railway station in Gwynedd, Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Brynkir

| status = Disused

| image = File:Brynkir railway station site geograph-3270885-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

| caption = The site of the station in 1975

| borough = Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd

| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|52.97727|-4.26552|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SH 479 446|25|SH 479 446}}

| platforms = 2{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|2010|loc=Photos 63-67 & Map XVII}}

| original = Carnarvonshire Railway

| pregroup = London and North Western Railway

| postgroup = London, Midland and Scottish Railway

| years = 2 September 1867

| events = Opened

| years2 = 7 December 1964

| events2 = Closed[http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/brynkir/index.shtml The station, via Disused Stations]{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=47}}{{sfn|Turner|2003|pp=7 & 10}}{{sfn|Quick|2009|p=105}}

}}

{{Carnarvonshire Railway|collapse=yes}}

Brynkir railway station was opened by the Carnarvonshire Railway on the western edge of the village of Bryncir, Gwynedd, Wales.

The station was not heavily used, but it had two platforms and remained open until the line closed because it was a crossing place where the otherwise single track route became twin track for a short distance,{{sfn|Rear|2012|p=37}} it also had facilities for locomotives to replenish their water tanks.{{sfn|Kneale|1980|loc=Plate 132}}

An accident involving passengers occurred at the station on 6 September 1866, before formal opening.[http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/brynkir/index.shtml The station, via Disused Stations][http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=2759 1866 Accident, via Railways Archive]

The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the London Midland Region from 1954 to 1955.{{sfn|McRae|1997|pp=22 & 50}}

The line and station closed on 7 December 1964 as recommended in the Beeching Report.

References

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=Sources=

  • {{Butt-Stations}}
  • {{Jowett-Atlas}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Kneale |first1=E.N. |title=North Wales Steam, 1927-68 |year=1980 |publisher=Oxford Publishing Co. |location=Poole, Dorset |isbn=0-86093-074-2 }}
  • {{cite book|last=McRae|first=Andrew|title=British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region)|volume=Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One)|publisher=Foxline|year=1997|isbn=1-870119-48-7}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Vic |last2=Smith |first2=Keith |title=Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines |series=Country Railway Routes |year=2010 |publisher=Middleton Press |location=Midhurst |isbn=978-1-906008-72-7 }}
  • {{Quick-Stations}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Rear |first1=W.G. |title=Caernarvon & the Lines from Afonwen & Llanberis: 28: Scenes from the Past Railways of North Wales |year=2012 |publisher=Book Law Publications |location=Nottingham |isbn=9-781907-094781 }}
  • {{cite book |last=Turner |first=Alun |title=Gwynedd's Lost Railways |year=2003 |publisher=Stenlake Publishing |location=Catrine, Ayrshire |isbn=9781840332599 }}

Further material

  • {{cite AV media |last1=Clemens |first1=Jim |title=North Wales Steam Lines No. 6 (DVD) |year= 2003 |orig-year=1959-67 |publisher=B&R Video Productions |location=Uffington, Shropshire |id= BRVP No 79}}
  • {{cite journal |last=Dunn |first=J.M. |editor1-first=B.W.C. |editor1-last=Cooke |date=September 1958 |title=The Afonwen Line-1 |journal=The Railway Magazine |volume=104 |issue=689 |publisher=Tothill Press Limited |location= London }}

External links

  • [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=52.9778&lon=-4.2657&layers=6&b=1 The station site on a navigable OS Map, via National Library of Scotland]
  • [http://www.RailMapOnline.com/UKIEMap.php?lat=52.97723&lng=-4.26598 The station and line, via Rail Map Online]
  • [http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/C/CNV.txt The line CNV with mileages, via Railway Codes]
  • [https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9mSs3RJVptXhE4A75pLBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTByZmVxM3N0BGNvbG8DaXIyBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Brynkir+Station&fr=mcafee Images of the station, via Yahoo]
  • [http://www.lnwrs.org.uk/BygoneLines/AfonWen.php The station and line, via LNWR Society]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160911124913/http://www.lovemywales.org/plas-brynkir-during-world-war-one-2/ Brynkir] in the First World War, via Love My Wales
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAjZecLvzKM By DMU from Pwllheli to Amlwch, via Huntley Archives]

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{{rail line

|next=Ynys
Line and Station closed

|previous=Pant Glas
Line and Station closed

|route=Carnarvonshire Railway

|col={{LNWR colour}} }}

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{{Closed stations Gwynedd}}

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Category:Disused railway stations in Gwynedd

Category:Dolbenmaen

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964

Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations

Category:Beeching closures in Wales