Cwm Teigl Halt Railway Station

Teigl Halt was a solely passenger railway station which served the rural area of Cwm Teigl, south of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. OriginsThe line through the future station site opened in 1883, replacing the narrow gauge Festiniog and Blaenau Railway which had run along the same route since 1868. Teigl Halt was one of the 198 opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) between 1927 and 1939, spurred by rising competition with buses and, to a lesser degree, cars. DescriptionThe unstaffed halt's single platform edge was made of sleepers, the platform itself being infilled with ash and cinders. It was a mere 50feet long, so drivers had instructions to stop ensuring the guard's compartment was alongside. The amenities provided were a Pagoda platform shelter and an oil lamp, with a rough farm occupation crossing at the southern end. Neighbouring infrastructureJust south of the crossing, 23miles from Bala, was a very short siding, physically unconnected to and at right angles to the track. This was for storing Engineering Department's motor trolleys. Staff wishing to make use of this would contact "Control" (the line's controllers and signallers) from Hut No. 19 which stood on the opposite side of the tracks from the platform. This hut contained a telephone and key apparatus enabling staff to take safe possession of the line. When they were given permission to do so they manhandled the trolley onto the "main line", returning it the same way in due course. A short distance south of the trolley siding, in plain view from the station when looking along the sharply curved track, was the Pont Llefraith bridge over the Afon Teigl. This was replaced in the 1970s. With a radius of just 7ch the curve and a cutting obscured a northbound ("Down") driver's view of an occupation crossing a short distance north of the halt, so a bell operated by a treadle warned road users of a train's approach.

Teigl Halt was a solely passenger railway station which served the rural area of Cwm Teigl, south of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. OriginsThe line through the future station site opened in 1883, replacing the narrow gauge Festiniog and Blaenau Railway which had run along the same route since 1868. Teigl Halt was one of the 198 opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) between 1927 and 1939, spurred by rising competition with buses and, to a lesser degree, cars. DescriptionThe unstaffed halt's single platform edge was made of sleepers, the platform itself being infilled with ash and cinders. It was a mere 50feet long, so drivers had instructions to stop ensuring the guard's compartment was alongside. The amenities provided were a Pagoda platform shelter and an oil lamp, with a rough farm occupation crossing at the southern end. Neighbouring infrastructureJust south of the crossing, 23miles from Bala, was a very short siding, physically unconnected to and at right angles to the track. This was for storing Engineering Department's motor trolleys. Staff wishing to make use of this would contact "Control" (the line's controllers and signallers) from Hut No. 19 which stood on the opposite side of the tracks from the platform. This hut contained a telephone and key apparatus enabling staff to take safe possession of the line. When they were given permission to do so they manhandled the trolley onto the "main line", returning it the same way in due course. A short distance south of the trolley siding, in plain view from the station when looking along the sharply curved track, was the Pont Llefraith bridge over the Afon Teigl. This was replaced in the 1970s. With a radius of just 7ch the curve and a cutting obscured a northbound ("Down") driver's view of an occupation crossing a short distance north of the halt, so a bell operated by a treadle warned road users of a train's approach.