Dinas railway station
Dinas | |
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Welsh Highland train to Waunfawr at Dinas 2003 | |
Location | |
Place | Dinas, Llanwnda |
Area | Gwynedd |
Coordinates | 53°06′13″N 4°16′37″W / 53.10366°N 4.27682°WCoordinates: 53°06′13″N 4°16′37″W / 53.10366°N 4.27682°W |
Grid reference | SH476586 |
Operations | |
Original company | LNWR |
Managed by | Welsh Highland Railway |
Owned by | Festiniog Railway Company |
Platforms | 2 (originally 2 standard and 1 narrow gauge)[1][2] |
History | |
14 September 1877 | Opened as "Dinas Junction"[3][4] |
26 September 1936 | Narrow gauge closed[5] |
1938 | Renamed "Dinas (Caerns)"[6][7] |
10 September 1951 | Standard gauge closed |
11 October 1997 | Re-opened (as narrow gauge, named "Dinas") |
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Dinas is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate for trans-shipment to the LNWR. Passenger services ceased on 26 September 1936 until which time Dinas had been a joint station, known as Dinas Junction with the LNWR and later the LMS.[8] In 1951, British Railways closed their part of the station but the line through the station remained open until the line from Caernarvon to Afon Wen was closed in 1964.[6] The trackbed was subsequently developed as the Lôn Eifion tourist cycle route.
When the station was reopened on 11 October 1997, it was as the southern temporary terminus of the extended and soon to be restored Welsh Highland Railway from Caernarfon. Following reconstruction of the trackbed, the line was reopened on its original trackbed, in stages; on 7 August 2000 to Waunfawr; in 2003 to Rhyd Ddu; through the Aberglaslyn Pass to Beddgelert and Hafod-y-lyn in 2009; 26 May 2010 for Pont Croesor and finally on 4 January 2011 to Porthmadog. The official opening for the completed line was 20 April 2011. The train services are operated by the Festiniog Railway Company by its Welsh Highland Railway subsidiary.
At Dinas, the new narrow gauge platforms are built on the site of the former standard gauge platforms. Two buildings survive from the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways era, namely the former goods shed and the original station building which has been carefully restored. Dinas station yards house the Welsh Highland Railway offices, carriage sheds and locomotive depot as well as extensive civil engineering works and sidings.
References
- ↑ Johnson 1995, p. 72.
- ↑ Rear 2012, pp. 56-59.
- ↑ Turner 2003, p. 7.
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 31-36 & Map XI.
- ↑ Quick 2009, p. 149.
- 1 2 Shannon & Hillmer 1999, p. 19.
- ↑ Butt 1995, p. 79.
- ↑ Dunn 1958, p. 593.
Sources
- Boyd, James I.C. (1988) [1972]. Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire - Volume 1. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-365-7. OCLC 20417464.
- Boyd, James I.C. (1989) [1972]. Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire - Volume 2: The Welsh Highland Railway. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-8536-1383-4. OCLC 145018679.
- 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.
- Dunn, J.M. (September 1958). Cooke, B.W.C., ed. "The Afonwen Line-1". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 104 no. 689. London: Tothill Press Limited.
- Johnson, Peter (1995). North Wales (Celebration of Steam). Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2378-6.
- 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.
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
- Rear, W.G. (2012). Caernarvon & the Lines from Afonwen & Llanberis: 28: Scenes from the Past Railways of North Wales. Nottingham: Book Law Publications. ISBN 9 781907 094781.
- 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.
- Turner, Alun (2003). Gwynedd's Lost Railways. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 9781840332599.
Further material
- Clemens, Jim (2003) [1959-67]. North Wales Steam Lines No. 6 (DVD). Uffington, Shropshire: B&R Video Productions. BRVP No 79.
- Smith, Martin, ed. (May 2011). "The Nantlle Tramway". Railway Bylines. Vol. 16 no. 6. Clophill, Bedfordshire: Irwell Press. pp. 306–313. ISSN 1360-2098.
External links
- The Welsh Highland Railway Project - official reconstruction site
- Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon)
- Rebuilding The Welsh Highland Railway - an independent site
- Welsh Highland Railway Timetables
- By DMU from Pwllheli to Amlwch, via Huntley Archives
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Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Bontnewydd | Welsh Highland Railway | Tryfan Junction | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Terminus | Welsh Highland Railway | Tryfan Junction | ||
Carnarvon (Pant) Line partly open as narrow gauge; Station closed |
Carnarvonshire Railway 1867-71 |
Llanwnda Line and station closed | ||
Caernarvon Line partly open as narrow gauge; Station closed |
Carnarvonshire Railway 1871 onwards |
Llanwnda Line and Station closed |