Minffordd railway station
Grade II listed building in Gwynedd. At the junction between the Ffestiniog and Cambrian railways, between Penrhyndeudraeth and Minffordd village.
Minffordd railway station (translation Roadside, literally Lip of the Road) is a pair of adjacent stations on separate lines in Gwynedd, Wales. The mainline station opened as Minfford Junction on 1 August 1872 at the point where the then recently built Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway line from Dovey Junction to Pwllheli (latterly to become part of the Cambrian Railways) passes under the earlier narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway. The latter was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea, and had carried passengers from 1865 onwards. The station was renamed Minffordd in 1890.
A short walk, advertised near the station, leads to Portmeirion.
Standard gauge facilities
The standard gauge station consists of a single platform with a simple shelter linked to the narrow gauge station by way of an underbridge and a pedestrian ramp. Access to the Cambrian Line is thus by way of the Ffestiniog Railway "Up" platform. Passenger service on the Ffestiniog Railway was withdrawn on 15 September 1939, and reopened to Minffordd 19 May 1956, but easy pedestrian access to the Cambrian Line was maintained throughout the closed period. Mr Parry, GWR and BR stationmaster at Minffordd for 40 years, retired in 1964 and the BR station then became an unstaffed halt. At some point the facilities were replaced by the standard small halt "bus stop" shelter.
“Minffordd railway station” enters the record as grade II listed building in Gwynedd. At the junction between the Ffestiniog and Cambrian railways, between Penrhyndeudraeth and Minffordd village. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Minffordd, railway and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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