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4.2 miles (6.8 km) from Porthmadog. Although trains regularly stop for passing purposes, Rhiw Goch is not a passenger station, there is no public access and passengers are not permitted to alight there. However, tourist trains do on occasion terminate and reverse at Rhiw Goch.
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The station opened on 6 January 1865 at the commencement of passenger services, and was rebuilt in 1879 using components from the original Porthmadog Harbour Station—externally it has changed little since. Originally called
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Penrhyndeudraeth to Llanfrothen road on the line's only remaining gated and staffed level crossing. Because of the layout of the crossing, three privately owned terraced houses are between the two crossing gates.
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Much of the station building is now occupied by the volunteers hostel which was officially opened in 1972. Complete renovation by volunteers was followed on 3 May 1992 by an official re-opening.
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in 1958, a run round loop being squeezed into the site for the purpose. The loop at Penrhyn continued in use as a passing loop for timetabled trains until 1974.
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by the first passenger train to Penrhyn since 1939. The public passenger service was resumed on 20 April 1957.
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Penrhyndeudraeth Station, Ffestiniog Railway, Including Railed Railway Embankment Adjoining to the N
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The station was specially reopened on Monday 12 November 1956 when the General Manager of
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From 1975 Penrhyn was replaced for normal timetable purposes by a new passing loop at
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The station is at a height of 160 ft (50 m) and a distance of 3 miles 8
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Penrhyn served as a temporary terminus until the line was re-opened to
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Penrhyn station closed to passenger traffic on 15 September 1939.
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is located on a restricted site at Pen-y-Bwlch above the town of
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Penryn railway station
heritage railway

Penrhyndeudraeth
Gwynedd
52°56′07″N 4°03′53″W / 52.93514°N 4.06484°W / 52.93514; -4.06484
Grid reference
UfueytiuerueouriuwuruSH613395
Festiniog Railway Company
Ffestiniog Railway
Listed Building
Ffestiniog Railway
Penrhyndeudraeth
A4085
chains
Porthmadog

British Railways
Western Region
K. W. C. Grand
Porthmadog Harbour
Tan-y-Bwlch
Rhiw Goch
Heritage Railways
Heritage railways
Minffordd
Ffestiniog Railway
Plas Halt
Cadw
"Penrhyndeudraeth Station, Ffestiniog Railway, Including Railed Railway Embankment Adjoining to the N (26857)"

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