Index
- Ruabon Barmouth Home
- Ruabon
- Acrefair
- Trevor
- Llangollen
- Berwyn
- Glyndyfrdwy
- Carrog
- Bonwm Halt
- Corwen
- Cynwyd
- Llandrillo
- LLandderfel
- Pale Hall
- Crogen Hall Halt
- Bala Junction
- Bala (Penybont)
- Llangower
- Glan Lynn Halt
- Llanuwchllyn
- Llys Halt
- Garneddwen Halt
- Drws-y-Nant
- Wnion Halt
- Bont Newydd
- Dolserau Halt
- Dolgellau
- Penmaenpool
- Barmouth
- Arthog
- Barmouth Junction
Berwyn
(1865 - 1964 - 1986 - )
Berwyn railway station opened in May 1865 when a new railway line was built between the Welsh towns of Llangollen and Corwen and closed in December 1964
The local gentry were the main reason for the station's existence. The chairman of the Llangollen and Corwen Railway lived just up the road at Plas Berwyn and an 1861 agreement announced:
A station to be called The Berwyn station shall be built in ornamental style and contain a 1st class waiting room in addition to the general waiting room. All passenger trains shall stop at Berwyn if and when required by the owner or occupier of, or visitors to, Plas Berwyn mansion
Berwyn station comprised the general waiting room, with an adjoining booking office and the elaborate lamps on interior walls were lit by oil and paraffin because the station was too remote to be supplied with gas
From 1865 until the mid-1950s, the station master was the key authority figure at Berwyn railway station, well-respected with significant local social standing. He sold tickets, handled parcels, tended to the station's coal fires and ensured passengers were safe. In his spare time, the station master also looked after the station's floral and vegetable gardens. The station master's house is the mock-Tudor part of the Berwyn station building and the station master had to pay 7/6d rent a week
The house has been restored and is now available to rent as a self-catered holiday cottage
The local gentry were the main reason for the station's existence. The chairman of the Llangollen and Corwen Railway lived just up the road at Plas Berwyn and an 1861 agreement announced:
A station to be called The Berwyn station shall be built in ornamental style and contain a 1st class waiting room in addition to the general waiting room. All passenger trains shall stop at Berwyn if and when required by the owner or occupier of, or visitors to, Plas Berwyn mansion
Berwyn station comprised the general waiting room, with an adjoining booking office and the elaborate lamps on interior walls were lit by oil and paraffin because the station was too remote to be supplied with gas
From 1865 until the mid-1950s, the station master was the key authority figure at Berwyn railway station, well-respected with significant local social standing. He sold tickets, handled parcels, tended to the station's coal fires and ensured passengers were safe. In his spare time, the station master also looked after the station's floral and vegetable gardens. The station master's house is the mock-Tudor part of the Berwyn station building and the station master had to pay 7/6d rent a week
The house has been restored and is now available to rent as a self-catered holiday cottage
