Nantmor Railway Station
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Nantmor is a
railway halt A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...
in North Wales serving the nearby hamlet of the same name. It is located between the stations of and on the recently restored
Welsh Highland Railway The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR) or Rheilffordd Eryri is a long, restored narrow gauge heritage railway in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, operating from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passing through a number of popular tourist destinations in ...
. It had existed during the first period of the WHR, 1923–1936, and was rebuilt for the current line, opening on 27 May 2010.


History

It was originally constructed as part of the Welsh Highland Railway and opened in 1923. In 1934 the Festiniog Railway Company assumed direct control of the WHR and renamed the station Aberglaslyn as part of an attempt to attract more passengers. The station closed in 1936 when passenger traffic on the historic railway ceased. The original station had a corrugated iron building. A replica was built in 1996, by the WHR Ltd, at its terminus at .


Present day

Although there were plans for a halt serving Nantmor when the re-building of the WHR was proposed, they were dropped because of local objections. Subsequently, on 23 and 24 February 2007, a parish vote was held and by a large majority, (36 to 11) they agreed to ask for a halt to be located in the village. The plans were revived, and submitted to the Snowdonia National Park Authority on 18 July 2007. Approval was granted on 6 December 2007. Construction was delayed until February 2010 due to a shortage of resources and work was completed by 16 March 2010. It re-opened on 26 May 2010, when the line was extended to . The rebuilding had been funded by the Welsh Highland Railway Society using funds donated in memory of one of its members.


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Video footage of Nantmor Station
{{Gwynedd railway stations Heritage railway stations in Gwynedd Welsh Highland Railway Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1923 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1936 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2010 Beddgelert