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Pwllheli railway station is a railway station serving the small coastal town of Pwllheli on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. It is the terminus of the Cambrian Coast Railway. == History == The original station was built in 1869 by the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway, one of the constituent companies of the Cambrian Railways. Following land reclamation, the railway was extended west, closer to the town centre, and a new station was opened on the current site in 1909. This station had two platforms and a small loading dock, a layout which survived until rationalisation in 1977.() A goods yard was developed on the site of the original station. The site also included a turntable which is now in the possession of the West Somerset Railway. The Great Western Railway (GWR) doubled the line between Pwllheli station and the goods yard in order to increase capacity, but the signals were removed in 1977 and the double track section now forms a long run-round loop for visiting charter trains. Prior to the closure of the Afon Wen to Caernarfon Line in 1964, there were two named express services daily during the summer between Pwllheli and London: *The ''Cambrian Coast Express'' ran via Machynlleth, Shrewsbury and Birmingham to London (Paddington). *''The Welshman'' ran via Caernarfon and Crewe to London (Euston). On 12 September 1977, both signal boxes at the station were closed. One side of the island platform was abandoned and the track was lifted shortly afterwards. The platform canopy, constructed by the GWR, survived intact until early in 1980, although the concourse remains covered today. By 1987 a supermarket had been developed on the redundant land. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pwllheli railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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