Criccieth railway station

Criccieth
Welsh: Cricieth
Location
Place	Criccieth
Local authority	Gwynedd
Coordinates	52°55′05″N 4°14′17″W / 52.918°N 4.238°WCoordinates: 52°55′05″N 4°14′17″W / 52.918°N 4.238°W
Grid reference	SH496380
Operations
Station code	CCC
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	22,208
2011/12	24,580
2012/13	23,328
2013/14	18,064
2014/15	15,580
History
Original company	Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	Cambrian Railways
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Criccieth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Criccieth railway station serves the seaside town of Criccieth on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales.

History

The station opened in 1867.^[1]

Until the line between Bangor and Afonwen was closed during the 1960s there was a through service in the summer to and from London Euston via Crewe, Chester, Llandudno Junction and Caernarvon; the Pwllheli portion was detached at Afonwen and the forward coaches proceeded to Portmadoc (the spellings are those used at the time). There was also a summer service between London Paddington and Pwllheli, via Birmingham Snow Hill, Shrewsbury and Machynlleth.

Formerly a two-platform station with a passing loop, this was taken out of use when the signal box closed on 16 October 1977, though the redundant track remained in place for several years. The station is now a single platform, unstaffed halt.^[2][3] The main station building is in private use.

Location

This station is on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Harlech, Barmouth, Tywyn, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Trains call every two hours each way (on request) on weekdays, with 3 trains each way on summer Sundays and just a single one each way in the winter months.^[4]

Looking west from Criccieth station

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines (Country Railway Routes). Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978 1 906008 72 7.
• Shannon, Paul; Hillmer, John (1999). North Wales (British Railways Past & Present) Part 2. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-163-1. No 36.

References

1. North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 19 October 1867
2. Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 81-3 & Map XXII.
3. Shannon & Hillmer 1999, pp. 28-29.
4. Table 76 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for Criccieth railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Porthmadog		Arriva Trains Wales Cambrian Coast Line		Penychain
	Historical railways
Black Rock Halt Line open; station closed		Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Cambrian Railways		Afon Wen Line open; station closed