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Black Rock Halt railway station

Coordinates: 52°55′01″N 4°12′13″W / 52.91688°N 4.20366°W / 52.91688; -4.20366
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Black Rock Halt
General information
LocationBetween Criccieth and Porthmadog, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates52°55′01″N 4°12′13″W / 52.91688°N 4.20366°W / 52.91688; -4.20366
Grid referenceSH 519 378
Platforms1[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
9 July 1923Opened
13 August 1976Services withdrawn
27 June 1977Officially closed

Black Rock Halt was a railway station in Gwynedd, located between Criccieth and Porthmadog on the former Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway. It served the popular beach at Black Rock Sands beyond the headland it is named after.

History

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The halt, which could be accessed by a path from the foot of the Black Rock (Welsh: Graig Ddu), consisted of a 100-foot-long (30 m) wooden platform and was opened on 9 July 1923[2] by the Great Western Railway, which saw itself as the 'holiday line'. It closed on safety grounds in August 1976, but was not officially closed until 27 June 1977. No trace of the wooden platform now remains.

The site today

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Trains on the Cambrian Line pass the site of the former station, which is just about discernible on modern aerial photography.[3] The site of the halt can be seen from the Wales Coast Path.

References

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Sources

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  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines (Country Railway Routes). Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-72-7.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Criccieth
Line and station open
  Great Western Railway
Cambrian Line
  Porthmadog
Line and station open