Boston Lodge Halt in

North Wales , area_land_km2 = 6,172 , postal_code_type = Postcode , postal_code = LL, CH, SY , image_map1 = Wales North Wales locator map.svg , map_caption1 = Six principal areas of Wales common ...

is an unstaffed halt on the

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...

Ffestiniog Railway The Ffestiniog Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park. The railway is roughly long an ...

, which was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from

Blaenau Ffestiniog Blaenau Ffestiniog is a town in Gwynedd, Wales. Once a slate mining centre in historic Merionethshire, it now relies much on tourists, drawn for instance to the Ffestiniog Railway and Llechwedd Slate Caverns. It reached a population of 12,00 ...

Porthmadog Porthmadog (; ), originally Portmadoc until 1974 and locally as "Port", is a Welsh coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd and the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It lies east of Criccieth, south-west of Blaenau Ffest ...

for export by sea.

History

This halt opened in July 1928 and is situated behind the picture in the side panel, accessed from a steep road off from the A487 road at the start of a footpath leading to

Portmeirion Portmeirion is a tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village, and is now owned by a charitable trust. The village is located in the com ...

. It is at a height of and a distance of just over from Porthmadog. The halt closed on 15 September 1939 and reopened on 23 July 1955. For that short 1955 season of the re-opening of the Festiniog Railway, Boston Lodge Halt was the temporary terminus. Its main use is chiefly by visitors and staff to the adjacent

Boston Lodge Boston Lodge is situated at Penrhyn Isa, Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, on the A487 road about 1 mile SE across the Afon Glaslyn causeway from Porthmadog, Gwynedd in north-west Wales. It has a station on the Ffestiniog Railway and is the loc ...

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Festiniog Railway Company The Ffestiniog Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park. The railway is roughly long and ...

and by a few walkers. Trains call at this halt only on request and intending passengers are advised to check with train guard before embarking on their journey. File:Boston Lodge Ffestiniog Railway geograph-3268390-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, Up the Line from Boston Lodge, towards Blaenau Ffestiniog File:Boston Lodge Ffestiniog Railway geograph-3268395-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, view across the causeway towards Porthmadog

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The Ffestiniog Railway Company's website

Multimap Map of Boston Lodge
{{Gwynedd railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1928 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1939 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1955 Heritage railway stations in Gwynedd Ffestiniog Railway Penrhyndeudraeth

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