:Llanaber railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Gwynedd, Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Llanaber

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Llanaber station (geograph 4722084).jpg

| caption = Llanaber station on 26 October 2015

| borough = Llanaber, Gwynedd

| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|52.742|N|4.077|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SH598180|25|SH598180}}

| manager = Transport for Wales

| platforms = 1

| code = LLA

| classification = DfT category F2

| opened = 14 August 1911{{Cite web |url=http://www.rchs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ChronSupplement2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907035245/http://www.rchs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ChronSupplement2.pdf |url-status=dead }}

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 2,780}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 440}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 620}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 1,750}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 3,042}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Llanaber railway station serves the village of Llanaber near Barmouth in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Harlech, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Most trains call only on request.

The station platform is located on a narrow ledge below the village of Llanaber and immediately above a rocky beach.

From 22 June 2020, trains did not call at the station due to the short platform and the inability to maintain social distancing between passengers and the guard when opening the train door.{{Cite web|url=https://tfwrail.wales/covid-19/changes-train-times|title=Covid-19 timetable from 29 March 2021|date=17 May 2021 }} Restrictions were lifted on 22nd August 2021 allowing for the station to reopen to passengers. {{Cite web|url=https://www.modernrailways.com/article/welsh-stations-reopen-restrictions-lift|title= Welsh stations reopen as restrictions lift|date=17 August 2021 }}

January 2014 storms

File:Llanaber rail storm damage 2014.jpg

On 3 January 2014 wave action washed away {{convert|300|tonne}} of track bed and deposited {{convert|800|tonne}} of debris on the line.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-25743400|title=Road trip for storm-hit Barmouth marooned trains|publisher=BBC |date=15 January 2014|accessdate=12 February 2014}} The line was closed for five months whilst Network Rail engineers repaired the formation and rebuilt the sea wall, with traffic resuming as far as {{rws|Harlech}} on 1 May. Through services to {{rws|Pwllheli}} remained suspended until 1 September due to rebuilding work on the Pont Briwet viaduct to the north at Penrhyndeudraeth.

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