Cwm Prysor Halt Railway Station

Cwm Prysor Halt was a railway station which served the remote rural area of Cwm Prysor, east of Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales. OriginsIn 1882 the Bala and Ffestiniog Railway opened the line from to a temporary terminus at, Trawsfynydd was one of the stations opened with the line; the future Cwm Prysor Halt would be on this line, east of Trawsfynydd. At Festiniog passengers had to transfer to narrow gauge trains if they wished to continue northwards. To do this people travelling from Bala to Blaenau or beyond walked the few yards from the standard gauge train to the narrow gauge train much as they do today between the Conwy Valley Line and the Ffestiniog Railway at. The following year the narrow gauge line was converted to standard gauge, but narrow gauge trains continued to run until 5 September 1883 using a third rail. Standard gauge trains first ran through from Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog on 10 September 1883. The line was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1910. Cwm Prysor was a later addition to the line, opened in 1902. At 1278ft it stood at the summit of the route in very thinly populated uplands with no obvious source of traffic, for example, the station house's nearest neighbour was a mile away. Conversely, the people who did live and work in the area had no other obvious means of transport. The location served traffic purposes as much as being a point where goods and passengers boarded or alighted, in that: staff or the public could use the station and signalbox to warn of snow or other severe weather blockages the signalbox broke up an otherwise very long section, which could result in trains being stuck or held for very long periods a passing loop was installed in 1908, primarily used by troop trains to or from the level crossing next to the station was operated by railway staff until the last.

Cwm Prysor Halt was a railway station which served the remote rural area of Cwm Prysor, east of Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales. OriginsIn 1882 the Bala and Ffestiniog Railway opened the line from to a temporary terminus at, Trawsfynydd was one of the stations opened with the line; the future Cwm Prysor Halt would be on this line, east of Trawsfynydd. At Festiniog passengers had to transfer to narrow gauge trains if they wished to continue northwards. To do this people travelling from Bala to Blaenau or beyond walked the few yards from the standard gauge train to the narrow gauge train much as they do today between the Conwy Valley Line and the Ffestiniog Railway at. The following year the narrow gauge line was converted to standard gauge, but narrow gauge trains continued to run until 5 September 1883 using a third rail. Standard gauge trains first ran through from Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog on 10 September 1883. The line was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1910. Cwm Prysor was a later addition to the line, opened in 1902. At 1278ft it stood at the summit of the route in very thinly populated uplands with no obvious source of traffic, for example, the station house's nearest neighbour was a mile away. Conversely, the people who did live and work in the area had no other obvious means of transport. The location served traffic purposes as much as being a point where goods and passengers boarded or alighted, in that: staff or the public could use the station and signalbox to warn of snow or other severe weather blockages the signalbox broke up an otherwise very long section, which could result in trains being stuck or held for very long periods a passing loop was installed in 1908, primarily used by troop trains to or from the level crossing next to the station was operated by railway staff until the last.