Afon Wen railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Afon Wen


caption =
original = Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway
pregroup = Cambrian Railways
postgroup = Great Western Railway
locale = Afon Wen
borough = Gwynedd
platforms = 3
events = Opened
years = 2 September 1867
events1 = Closed
years1 = 7 December 1964

Afon Wen was a railway station located in Afon Wen, Gwynedd.

The station formed a junction between the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway and the Carnarvonshire Railway.

History

Trains on the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway line were operated by the Cambrian Railways, then absorbed into the Great Western Railway. Trains from the Carnarvonshire Railway were operated by the London and North Western Railway and so passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

Trains on the Cambrian Line pass the site of the former station.

The station buildings are now in use as a private home, the only evidence of the junction that can now be seen from Cambrian Coast trains is the earthworks of the line heading north and the island platform, although the Branch side has been filled in.

rail line
next = Abererch
"Line and station open"
previous = Criccieth
"Line and station open"
route = Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway

Cambrian Railways
col = GWR colourrail line
next = Chwilog
"Line and station closed"
previous =
route = Carnarvonshire Railway
London and North Western Railway
col = FFFF00
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