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had to be temporarily withdrawn whilst construction work continued and did not resume until the new bridge was ready. Meanwhile, a replacement bus service ran over the 22 mile (35 km) section to Harlech. The line eventually reopened on 1 September 2014 when construction work on the rail portion
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The station is now unstaffed and has no ticket machine, so all tickets must be purchased on the train or prior to travel. The main building still stands - part of it is used as a cafe and coffee shop whilst the remainder provides covered waiting accommodation. Train running information is offered
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In 1977 one side of the island platform was abandoned and the track was lifted (the land is now a car park). The station canopy, which was constructed by the GWR, survived intact until some glass fell out in late 1979, and it was shortened early in 1980. Today only the concourse and a short section
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had intended to build the new bridge alongside the current one whilst keeping the latter open, but work to drive steel piles into the riverbed to support the new viaduct caused the old one to shift and made it unsafe. As a result, the train service north of
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and the signals were removed in 1977, the double-lined section is now used as a long run-round loop for visiting charter trains. By 1987 a supermarket had been developed on the former goods yard land.
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roughly every two hours on weekdays (Mon-Sat), with 5 trains in each direction on Sundays. From 1 September to 1 December 2023 engineering work took place to finish restoration of the
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by means of digital display screens, automated announcements, timetable poster boards and a customer help point. Step-free access is provided from the main entrance to the platform.
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On 19 July 1909 a second station was opened near by the town centre following land reclamation that permitted the extension of the line. It had two tracks separated by an
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on the Llŷn Peninsula. However, the final five miles across the Llŷn Peninsula were never built. By 1865 the company had merged to become part of
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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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In November 2013, services from the station were suspended due to structural problems with the 1867 Grade II-listed wooden viaduct at
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with a small loading dock to the north. The layout remained unchanged until rationalisation began in September 1977.
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had already been taken. The station, which was about a half a mile from the town, became the line's terminus.
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of the platform remain covered. Pwllheli has one platform, a siding and a loop. One of the old
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in 1964, there were two named daily express services during the summer between Pwllheli and
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Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day
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Former station building, now used as a cafe and coffee shop (April 2019)
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A goods yard was developed on the site of the first station. Its
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National Rail

Class 158
Pwllheli
Gwynedd
52°53′17″N 4°25′01″W / 52.888°N 4.417°W / 52.888; -4.417
Grid reference
SH375350
Transport for Wales
DfT category
Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
Cambrian Railways
Great Western Railway
Listed Building
Office of Rail and Road
Pwllheli
Llŷn Peninsula
Gwynedd
Wales
Cambrian Coast Railway
Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway
Cardigan Bay
Aberystwyth
Porthdinllaen
Cambrian Railways
Nefyn
island platform
turntable
West Somerset Railway
Great Western Railway

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