Talsarnau railway station

Talsarnau
General information
Location	Talsarnau, Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	52.904418°N 4.068134°W / 52.904418; -4.068134
Grid reference	SH609361
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	TAL
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Passengers
2019/20	5,152
2020/21	204
2021/22	1,828
2022/23	3,030
2023/24	3,576
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Talsarnau railway station serves the village of Talsarnau on the estuary of the Afon Dwyryd in Gwynedd, Wales.

Facilities

Looking north from Talsarnau.

In early 2015, Talsarnau was one of several stations on the Cambrian Coast Line to get a Harrington Hump (rather than raising the whole platform, a raised area is built where the middle doors of the train are when it stops at Talsarnau) made of paving slabs, cement and tarmac. This means that for those getting off or on the train through the middle doors of the train, the vertical step is very much reduced.

Services

The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth and Machynlleth. All trains call only on request. The station building is now a private residence.

From 1 September 2023 engineering work is taking place to finish restoration of the Barmouth Viaduct. Rail replacement buses will serve all stations from Pwllheli to Machynlleth until 1st December.^[1]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Llandecwyn		Transport for Wales Cambrian Coast Line		Tygwyn
	Historical railways
Llandecwyn Line and station open		Cambrian Railways Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway		Tygwyn Line and station open

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

References

1. "Buses replace trains between Machynlleth and Pwllheli from Friday 1 September to Friday 1 December" National Rail; Retrieved 2023-10-17.

External links

Media related to Talsarnau railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Talsarnau railway station from National Rail
• RAILSCOT on Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway