Fairbourne railway station

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

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

{{Infobox station

| name = Fairbourne

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Fairbourne railway station, Gwynedd (geograph 4662692).jpg

| borough = Fairbourne, Gwynedd

| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|52.696|N|4.049|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SH616128|25|SH616128}}

| manager = Transport for Wales

| platforms = 1

| code = FRB

| classification = DfT category F2

| original = Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway

| pregroup = Cambrian Railways

| postgroup = Great Western Railway

| years1 = {{start date|1865|07|03|df=y}}

| events1 = Opened as Barmouth Ferry

| years2 = 3 June 1867

| events2 = Closed

| years3 = 6 June 1899

| events3 = Reopened as Fairbourne

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 38,086}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 3,642}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 18,438}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 29,388}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 31,862}}

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

}}

Fairbourne railway station serves the village of Fairbourne in Gwynedd, Wales. It is an unstaffed station on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Barmouth, Harlech, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Tywyn, Aberdovey, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury.

File:Fairbourne-Station.jpg

The 12¼ inch gauge Fairbourne Railway has a separate station nearby from which narrow gauge trains run the 2 miles from Fairbourne to Barmouth Ferry (Penrhyn Point).

History

The station first opened on 3 July 1865 and closed on 3 June 1867, during which time it was named Barmouth Ferry. It reopened as Fairbourne on 6 June 1899.{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |pages=27, 93 }}

Services

There is a two-hourly service between Pwllheli and Machynlleth, with certain services continuing to Birmingham International.

There are 5 trains per day between Pwllheli and Machynlleth on Sundays.

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{{rail line |next=Llwyngwril |route=Transport for Wales
Cambrian Coast Line |previous=Morfa Mawddach |col={{KAW colour}} }}

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{{s-text |text=Change for Fairbourne station on the Fairbourne Railway }}

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{{rail line |previous={{stnlnk|Barmouth Junction}}
Line and station open |next={{stnlnk|Llwyngwril}}
Line and station open |route=Cambrian Railways
Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway |col={{Cambrian colour}} }}

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References

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