Dyffryn Ardudwy railway station serves the villages of

Dyffryn Ardudwy Dyffryn Ardudwy () is a village, community (Wales), community and electoral ward in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd, Wales consisting of several small, almost conjoined, villages including Coed Ystumgwern, Llanenddwyn (), Saint Dwywe, Llanddwywe, Ta ...

, Coed Ystumgwern and Llanenddwyn in Gwynedd, Wales. Dyffryn Ardudwy gives its name to the district and to the very extensive

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and sand dunes on the coast nearby that are known as Morfa Dyffryn.

History

The station was opened on 10 October 1867 by the Cambrian Railway Company as Dyffryn. The station once had two platforms and was a passing place for trains between Harlech and Barmouth. There was a goods yard to the east of the station. On 1 July 1924 it was renamed Dyffryn-on-Sea. The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939. On 1 June 1948 was renamed to its present name. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1956 to 1962. In 1963 the administration of camping coaches at the station was taken over by the

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, there was a coach here from 1963 to 1964. The station was destaffed when the passing loop was taken out of use in 1968. The redundant track remained in place until 1980 as did a signal that had been converted to a fixed distant. All trains now use the down platform. The station building on the up platform is today a dwelling. In 2016, The

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funded the installation of reinforced glass fibre 'humps' on the platforms to improve access for wheelchair and pushchair users onto and off trains.

Services

The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to

Harlech Harlech () is a seaside resort and community in Gwynedd, north Wales and formerly in the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies on Tremadog Bay in the Snowdonia National Park. Before 1966, it belonged to the Meirionydd District of the 19 ...

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 Ff ...

, Pwllheli,

Barmouth Barmouth ( cy, Abermaw (formal); ''Y Bermo'' (colloquial)) is a seaside town and community in the county of Gwynedd, northwestern Wales, lying on the estuary of the Afon Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. Located in the historic county of Merioneths ...

Machynlleth Machynlleth () is a market town, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales and within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It is in the Dyfi Valley at the intersection of the A487 and the A489 roads. At the 2001 Census it had a pop ...

and Shrewsbury. Most trains call only on request.

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Railway stations in Gwynedd DfT Category F2 stations Former Cambrian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail Railway request stops in Great Britain Dyffryn Ardudwy {{Wales-railstation-stub