Black Rock Halt railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Black Rock Halt


caption =
latitude = 52.91688
longitude = -4.20366
original = Great Western Railway
pregroup =
postgroup =
locale = Between Criccieth & Porthmadog
borough = Gwynedd
platforms = 1
years = 1923
events = Opened
years1 = 1976
events1 = Closed

Black Rock Halt was a railway station located in Gwynedd between Criccieth and Porthmadog. It was the last unstaffed halt before Pwllheli on the route of the former Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway, until British Rail reduced Penychain and Abererch to unstaffed status, and served the popular beach at Black Rock Sands

History

The halt was opened on 9 September 1923 by the Great Western Railway who saw themselves as the 'holiday line' and consisted of a 100ft long wooden platform.

The station closed on safety grounds in August 1976, but was not removed from the working timetable until the following year when official closure took place. No trace of the wooden platform now remains.

The site today

Trains on the Cambrian Line pass the site of the former station, which is just about discernible on modern aerial photography.

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rail line
next = Criccieth
"Line and station open"
previous = Porthmadog
"Line and station open"
route = Great Western Railway

Cambrian Coast Line
col = GWR colour
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