Brynkir railway station was opened by the
Carnarvonshire Railway
The Carnarvonshire Railway was a railway connecting Caernarvon railway station (terminus of the Bangor and Caernarvon Railway line from Bangor) with Afon Wen.
History
The Carnarvonshire Railway was absorbed into the LNWR in 1869. At the gro ...
on the western edge of the village of Bryncir,
Gwynedd
Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...
, Wales.
The station was not heavily used, but it had two platforms and remained open until the line closed because it was a
crossing place where the otherwise single track route became twin track for a short distance, it also had facilities for locomotives to replenish their water tanks.
An accident involving passengers occurred at the station on 6 September 1866, before formal opening.
1866 Accident, via ''Railways Archive''
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from 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the London Midland Region from 1954 to 1955.
The line and station closed on 7 December 1964 as recommended in the Beeching Report.
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External links
The station site on a navigable OS Map, via ''National Library of Scotland''
The station and line, via ''Rail Map Online''
The line CNV with mileages, via ''Railway Codes''
Images of the station, via ''Yahoo''
The station and line, via ''LNWR Society''
Brynkir
in the First World War, via ''Love My Wales''
By DMU from Pwllheli to Amlwch, via ''Huntley Archives''
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Disused railway stations in Gwynedd
Dolbenmaen
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964
Former London and North Western Railway stations