Index
- Menai Bridge to Afon Wen Home
- Menai Bridge
- Treborth
- Port Dinorwic 1st
- Port Dinprwic 2nd
- Griffiths Crossing
- Carnarvon
- Caernarvon Pant
- Dinas
- Llanwnda
- Groeslon
- Pen-y-Groes
- Pant Glas
- Brynkir
- Ynys
- Llangybi
- Chwilog
- Afon Wen
Groeslon
(1867 - 1964)
Groeslon Station opened on September 2 1867 as part of the Menai Bridge to Afon Wen railway
The line was a single-track railway with a platform located on the east side of the line. A single-storey red brick building faced with yellow brick beneath a pitched slate roof was located towards the northern end of the platform. South of the station was a goods siding and small yard
The June 1869 timetable advertised five trains departing in each direction, although one of the Afon Wen trains called at the station on Mondays only. There was one train in each direction on Sundays to Afon Wen
In 1911, a passing loop was installed at Groeslon, and an extra platform was provided. The new platform became the up (Menai Bridge direction) and the original platform became the down (Afon Wen direction). A timber waiting shelter was built for passengers on the up platform
By 1922, there were nine up and eight down trains Monday to Saturday but there were no Sunday trains
At the outbreak of the Second World War an emergency timetable was introduced on September 11 1939, and Groeslon had only three trains in each direction on Monday to Saturday. The service was improved from January 1 1940 when six trains ran in each direction
From summer 1947 and throughout the 1950s, the line through Groeslon was very busy in the summer, as many specials were run to the Butlin’s Holiday Camp which opened for business that year. Not all of these trains, however, stopped at Groeslon. In winter 1956/7, Groeslon had nine trains in each direction on Monday to Saturday
Despite the busy summers on the line, the 1963 ‘Beeching Report’ recommended complete closure of the line between Caernarfon and Afon Wen. Groeslon closed to goods on May 4 1964, and to passengers when the line closed completely on December 7 1964
The station itself survived intact until the mid 1970s. In 1975, a haulage road was laid along the trackbed between Llanwnda and Pant Glas by the MacAlpine company to be used by lorries carrying stone. By 2000, a cycleway and footpath had replaced the haulage road, and a car park was created at the site of Groeslon station
The line was a single-track railway with a platform located on the east side of the line. A single-storey red brick building faced with yellow brick beneath a pitched slate roof was located towards the northern end of the platform. South of the station was a goods siding and small yard
The June 1869 timetable advertised five trains departing in each direction, although one of the Afon Wen trains called at the station on Mondays only. There was one train in each direction on Sundays to Afon Wen
In 1911, a passing loop was installed at Groeslon, and an extra platform was provided. The new platform became the up (Menai Bridge direction) and the original platform became the down (Afon Wen direction). A timber waiting shelter was built for passengers on the up platform
By 1922, there were nine up and eight down trains Monday to Saturday but there were no Sunday trains
At the outbreak of the Second World War an emergency timetable was introduced on September 11 1939, and Groeslon had only three trains in each direction on Monday to Saturday. The service was improved from January 1 1940 when six trains ran in each direction
From summer 1947 and throughout the 1950s, the line through Groeslon was very busy in the summer, as many specials were run to the Butlin’s Holiday Camp which opened for business that year. Not all of these trains, however, stopped at Groeslon. In winter 1956/7, Groeslon had nine trains in each direction on Monday to Saturday
Despite the busy summers on the line, the 1963 ‘Beeching Report’ recommended complete closure of the line between Caernarfon and Afon Wen. Groeslon closed to goods on May 4 1964, and to passengers when the line closed completely on December 7 1964
The station itself survived intact until the mid 1970s. In 1975, a haulage road was laid along the trackbed between Llanwnda and Pant Glas by the MacAlpine company to be used by lorries carrying stone. By 2000, a cycleway and footpath had replaced the haulage road, and a car park was created at the site of Groeslon station
