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Aberystwyth And Welch Coast Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Class 25 with an oil train at Aberystwyth.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //]](/images/12000/12929.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![Alternative uses for old boxes.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/13000/13937.jpg "Penmaenpool")
![Passing services at Tywyn.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/13000/13944.jpg "Tywyn")
![Bilingual sign at Tonfanau.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/13000/13945.jpg "Tonfanau")
![Fine location for a station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/13000/13949.jpg "Harlech")
![Northbound service leaves Llanbedr.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/13000/13951.jpg "Llanbedr")
![Looking to Dovey Junction. Line in the foreground is for Aberystwyth and that in the background crossing the viaduct for Pwllheli.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/13000/13977.jpg "Dovey Junction")
![View under the new concrete bridge which carries the Cambrian Coast line across the Afon Dwyryd. While the replacement does not have the character of the original timber trestle bridge [see image 50842], it does have a distinctive style, even if it is reminiscent of Wallace and Gromit's 'Wrong Trousers'.<br><br>[Colin McDonald //]](/images/52000/52906.jpg "Pont Briwet")
![Old photograph taken in 1961 looking south east over the down platform at Criccieth station towards the ruins of Criccieth Castle (on Kodak film!) [See image 49212]<br><br>[John Thorn //1961]](/images/49000/49207.jpg "Criccieth")
![Dovey Junction where the lines to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli divide. Looking east towards Machynlleth in the summer of 1961.<br><br>[John Thorn /08/1961]](/images/26000/26128.jpg "Dovey Junction")
![GWR 7803 <I>Barcote Manor</I> arriving at Aberystwyth on 2 October 1961 with the down <I>'Cambrian Coast Express'</I> ex-Paddington.<br><br>[K A Gray 02/10/1961]](/images/36000/36145.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![Collett 0-6-0 no 2239 stands alongside Aberystwyth shed on 13 August 1962. The locomotive had been withdrawn from Machynlleth some 3 months earlier.<br><br>[K A Gray 13/08/1962]](/images/45000/45227.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![The shed yard at Aberystwyth in the summer of 1962. 7823 <I>Hook Norton Manor</I> carries the headboard of the Cambrian Coast Express, during a period when the locomotive's home shed was at Machynlleth. Standing alongside is no 3200, a long term Cambrian lines locomotive. <br>
<br><br>[K A Gray 14/08/1962]](/images/27000/27297.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![7801 <I>'Anthony Manor'</I> photographed on Aberystwyth shed in the summer of 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 14/08/1962]](/images/34000/34203.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![Collett 0-6-0PT no 7405 photographed at Barmouth in the summer of 1962, a year and a half before its final withdrawal from Carmarthen shed. <br><br>[K A Gray 14/08/1962]](/images/34000/34396.jpg "Barmouth")
![BR Standard class 3 2-6-2T no 82005 with a train at Dovey Junction in August 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 14/08/1962]](/images/35000/35407.jpg "Dovey Junction")
![6368 stands at Dovey Junction in August 1962 with the 10.25am ex-Pwllheli<br><br>[K A Gray 14/08/1962]](/images/39000/39336.jpg "Dovey Junction")
![Ex-GWR 0-6-0 pannier tank no 7428 stands alongside the shed at Aberystwyth in August 1962. Attempts to obliterate the locomotive's pre-nationalisation markings appear to have been half-hearted. <br><br>[K A Gray 14/08/1962]](/images/42000/42678.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![Ex-GWR 4-6-0 no 7807 <I>Compton Manor</I> photographed near Dovey Junction on 14 August 1962 with the 9.45am Whitchurch - Aberystwyth.<br><br>[K A Gray 14/08/1962]](/images/43000/43258.jpg "Dovey Junction")
![BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T 80101 standing in the shed yard at Pwllheli in the summer of 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 14/08/1962]](/images/50000/50167.jpg "Pwllheli")
![A photograph thought to have been taken in late February or early March 1967 at Aberystwyth, showing Standard Class 4 4-6-0 no 75033 with the down <I>Cambrian Coast Express</I> [see image 26171]. The last steam hauled CCE ran a short time later on 4 March 1967.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //1967]](/images/33000/33910.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![Looking towards the buffer stops along platform 3 at Aberystwyth in early 1967, showing BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0 no 75033 shortly after arrival with the down <I>Cambrian Coast Express</I>. Photographed during the train's last few days of steam haulage [see image 33910]. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //1967]](/images/33000/33930.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![View north at Barmouth from the bridge over the Mawddach estuary in 1968.<br><br>[David Spaven //1968]](/images/34000/34594.jpg "Barmouth")
![In the summer of 1969 a Cambrian Coast freight for Aberystwyth passes Dovey Junction as passengers for Shrewsbury await the arrival of an eastbound DMU.<br><br>[David Spaven //1969]](/images/26000/26804.jpg "Dovey Junction")
![A DMU leaving Penrhyndeudraeth on the Cambrian Coast line in the summer of 1969 heading west towards Pwllheli. [With thanks to Kenneth Leiper and Barry Newman]<br><br>[David Spaven //1969]](/images/36000/36276.jpg "Penrhyndeudraeth")
![Scene at Aberystwyth on 27 June 1974, with BR Sulzer Type 2 No. 24145 being prepared for departure with train 1E24, the overnight mail to York, which conveyed passenger accommodation throughout. However it was effectively two different trains as far as passengers were concerned (and doesn't seem to have been advertised as a through train) - leaving at around 18.30, it arrived at Shrewsbury by 21.00 and stood there for almost two hours before restarting its journey at 22.50.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 27/06/1974]](/images/40000/40244.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![An unidentified class 25 taking the Cambrian Coast pick up freight north through Llwyngwril station in the summer 1978. [Ref query 2995]<br><br>[Mark Bartlett //1978]](/images/53000/53390.jpg "Llwyngwril")
![A Met Cam 101 DMU in hybrid livery calls at Llwyngwril on a Pwllheli service in May 1980. The passing loop had been removed by this time. Judging by the arm waving this was a school service. View north towards Barmouth. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett /05/1980]](/images/20000/20110.jpg "Llwyngwril")
![A Metropolitan Cammel 2-car DMU calls at Llwyngwril on its way from Pwilhelli to Machynlleth. Once a reasonably substantial Cambrian Coast two platform station it had by this time been reduced to a plain single line with a disused siding although of course it survives to this day. View north towards Barmouth.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett /05/1980]](/images/31000/31474.jpg "Llwyngwril")
![A westbound dmu crossing Barmouth Viaduct in 1981.<br><br>[Colin Miller //1981]](/images/36000/36981.jpg "Barmouth Viaduct")
![A DMU for Pwllheli comes off Barmouth Viaduct in July 1981.<br><br>[Colin Miller /07/1981]](/images/46000/46540.jpg "Barmouth Viaduct")
![Looking towards the buffer stops along platform 3 at Aberystwyth in early 1985 showing DMU 150 001 shortly after arrival on a clearance testing run.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 21/01/1985]](/images/33000/33929.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![The <I>Cambrian Coast Express</I> (or most of it) calls at Morfa Mawddach in 1986. The now closed route inland via Dollgellau ran off to the left.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1986]](/images/19000/19704.jpg "Morfa Mawddach")
![A southbound DMU, bound for Machynlleth, stands at Harlech in 1986.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /03/1986]](/images/36000/36431.jpg "Harlech")
![Sheep stop near Llandecwyn on the Cambrian Coast line in March 1986.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 19/03/1986]](/images/19000/19325.jpg "Llandecwyn")
![A class 150 calls at Borth, 7 miles north of Aberystwyth on the Cambrian Coast, in September 1988.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /09/1988]](/images/40000/40846.jpg "Borth")
![DMU on a Cambrian Coast service to Pwllheli in 1989 nears Criccieth.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1989]](/images/18000/18335.jpg "Criccieth")
![A class 37 stands at Aberystwyth in the Spring of 1989 with a train for Birmingham New Street.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1989]](/images/21000/21282.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![A 158 crosses Barmouth Viaduct over the Dovey Estuary in March 1989.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /03/1989]](/images/19000/19212.jpg "Barmouth Viaduct")
![A DMU from Barmouth comprising a pair of class 150s leaves Dovey Junction for Machynlleth in July 1989.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 19/07/1989]](/images/19000/19595.jpg "Dovey Junction")
![A DMU on the Cambrian Coast line crossing Pont Briwet over the Afon Dwyryd, near Penrhyndeudraeth, in May 1990. In the background is Cooke's Explosives factory which has since closed.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /05/1990]](/images/40000/40963.jpg "Pensarn")
![A much diminished Pwllheli terminus, seen in July 1991, with DMU 150 001 at the platform.<br><br>[Colin Miller /07/1991]](/images/27000/27797.jpg "Pwllheli")
![The Royal train stands at Aberystwyth on 31 May 1996 having conveyed the Prince of Wales on a visit to the University of Wales. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 31/05/1996]](/images/18000/18816.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![DMU Approaching Barmouth signal box in March 1998.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /03/1998]](/images/34000/34162.jpg "Barmouth")
![Barmouth Viaduct in 2002, looking impossibly long.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2002]](/images/13000/13952.jpg "Barmouth Viaduct")
![View along the platforms of Barmouth station on the Cambrian Coast line seen from the level crossing in 2002.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2002]](/images/17000/17622.jpg "Barmouth")
![An Arriva Trains Wales 158 service in <I>Ginsters</I> advertising livery photographed on the Cambrian Coast line near Barmouth Viaduct on 3 July 2006.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 03/07/2006]](/images/25000/25873.jpg "Barmouth")
![This Cambrian Coast station opened with the line in 1867 and is viewed looking south towards Tygwyn and Harlech. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2008]](/images/17000/17925.jpg "Talsarnau")
![Opened with the Cambrian Coast line in 1867 and from 1885 known as Llanbedr and Pensarn but it reverted to plain Pensarn in 1978. Pictured looking northwards towards Llandanwg and Harlech.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2008]](/images/17000/17926.jpg "Pensarn")
![Cambrian Coast line station opened as Talwrn Bach Halt in 1923 but renamed Llanbedr in 1978 and close to (now disused) RAF airfield of the same name. Photo taken looking north towards Pensarn.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2008]](/images/17000/17927.jpg "Llanbedr")
![Llandecwyn Halt from the adjacent road looking westwards towards the estuary and showing the stilt construction supporting the platform and shelter of this small Cambrian Coast line halt.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2008]](/images/17000/17930.jpg "Llandecwyn")
![This tiny Cambrian Coast halt opened in 1930 and overlooks the Traeth Bach estuary. It was built on stilts alongside the embankment. This view is looking northwards towards the Pont Briwet timber toll bridge that also carried a small public road to Penrhyndeudraeth. Llandecwyn was rebuilt to modern standards when the bridge was renewed in 2014 [See image 56684].<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2008]](/images/17000/17931.jpg "Llandecwyn")
![Opened as Llandanwg Halt in 1929. A tiny Cambrian Coast line station that looks like it has been lifted straight off a model railway. View south towards Tywyn. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2008]](/images/17000/17936.jpg "Llandanwg")
![View south from Tygwyn level crossing towards Harlech, the destination of much of the school traffic that keeps these tiny Cambrian Coast stations open. Tygwyn Halt was opened in 1927 and serves a couple of small settlements nearby. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2008]](/images/17000/17938.jpg "Tygwyn")
![The station at Penrhyndeudraeth opened with the Cambrian Coast line in 1867. This is a view looking back to Pont Brewit toll bridge and Llandecwn in February 2008. The station house is now a private residence.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2008]](/images/17000/17941.jpg "Penrhyndeudraeth")
![A train on the Cambrian Coast line calls at Harlech in the summer of 2011. View is south towards Barmouth with Harlech Castle dominating the scene.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //2011]](/images/42000/42770.jpg "Harlech")
![Entering Aberdovey number two tunnel after calling at Penhelig station in August 2011.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 16/08/2011]](/images/42000/42191.jpg "Penhelig")
![158839 stands at the terminus at Pwllheli in August 2011 after arrival on a service from Birmingham.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 16/08/2011]](/images/42000/42480.jpg "Pwllheli")
![Emerging from Aberdovey tunnel number 3 into Penhelig station on 17 August 2011.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 17/08/2011]](/images/42000/42970.jpg "Penhelig")
![A southbound Cambrian Coast Line service approaching Tywyn station on a summer evening in August 2011, ultimate destination Birmingham International.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 17/08/2011]](/images/45000/45025.jpg "Tywyn")
![158820 leaves the east side of Aberdovey No 4 tunnel as it approaches Penhelig on 6 December with a Pwllheli - Machynlleth service. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 06/12/2011]](/images/37000/37030.jpg "Penhelig")
![158820 leaves Penhelig after picking up a passenger and heads towards the east side tunnel on the 13.26 service to Machynlleth. For a small halt there is a substantial wooden waiting room on the platform. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 06/12/2011]](/images/37000/37069.jpg "Penhelig")
![Tonfanau, between Tywyn and Fairbourne, looking north from the adjacent road crossing in December 2011. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 06/12/2011]](/images/37000/37083.jpg "Tonfanau")
![For a small halt there is a substantial wooden waiting room on the platform. The waiting shelter is mounted on built up foundations and wooden steps alongside give access to platform level. There is also a flight of steps from the road, so definitely not a step free access station.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 06/12/2011]](/images/37000/37112.jpg "Penhelig")
![158821 departs Aberdovey on 6 December with the 10.09 ex Birmingham International service to Pwllheli, with the short low cost raised platform structure visible.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 06/12/2011]](/images/37000/37262.jpg "Aberdovey")
![Looking south across Barmouth Bridge from the A496 road on the southern outskirts of Barmouth in December 2011. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 07/12/2011]](/images/37000/37037.jpg "Barmouth")
![Looking west along the trackbed towards Morfa Mawddach in December 2011 from alongside the former Penmaenpool Station signalbox [see image 13937]. The surviving signal post and arms still stand alongside the old station master's house, ticket office and waiting room building, complete with hanging 'Platform 1' sign. The road ahead, once a level crossing, runs onto a toll bridge off to the right, linking with the north side of the Mawddach Estuary. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 07/12/2011]](/images/37000/37497.jpg "Penmaenpool")
![The former Penmaenpool Station station master's house, ticket office and waiting room, complete with hanging Platform 1 sign, on the south side of former Cambrian Railway route to Dolgellau, seen looking towards Morfa Mawddach in December 2011. It now forms an annexe to the George III Hotel beyond. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 07/12/2011]](/images/37000/37520.jpg "Penmaenpool")
![158823 on the 09.03 ex Machynlleth runs across the sparsely barriered Ffordd Morfa level crossing on the approach to Harlech Station to form the 10.24 service to Pwllheli. The barrier for the side road to the left is behind the camera, although cars are parked on the roadside alongside houses standing between the barrier and the line.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 08/12/2011]](/images/37000/37025.jpg "Harlech")
![Criccieth station still retains a restored ornate canopy, complete with period style electric lighting, running along the front of the station building. The building itself is now owned by a televison repair business, although the canopy is still railway owned. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 08/12/2011]](/images/37000/37065.jpg "Criccieth")
![View east over Penychain Station in December 2011, showing the extensive ramped access and the large barn type waiting room. This station is adjacent to the Haven Holidays (formerly Butlins) holiday camp and in its heyday would have catered for hundreds of families arriving and departing on summer Saturdays.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 08/12/2011]](/images/37000/37090.jpg "Penychain")
![Unlit Llandecwyn viewed looking north towards the combined Pont Briwet road and rail timber viaduct over the Traeth Bach. Llandecwyn station is some distance from the locality giving it its name with Cilfor being the nearest village. Penryndeudraeth Station is out of shot beyond the viaduct. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 08/12/2011]](/images/37000/37099.jpg "Llandecwyn")
![Infilled former east end up side bay at Criccieth Station in December 2011. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 08/12/2011]](/images/37000/37269.jpg "Criccieth")
![View west at Porthmadog station on 8 December 2011. The building now houses the <I>'Station Inn'</I> pub and cafe.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 08/12/2011]](/images/37000/37287.jpg "Porthmadog")
![Old goods Shed sited at the rear of Talsarnau Station, seen from the south end of the platform looking along the former goods bay in December 2011. A high level loading door is visible on the left wall.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 08/12/2011]](/images/37000/37575.jpg "Talsarnau")
![158828 stops briefly at Dovey Junction on the 8 min late 15.03 service to Pwllheli to (not) pick up the photographer who instead had to trek back to his vehicle parked beyond the river bridge at the far end of the 350 metre long Aberystwyth platform.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 13/04/2012]](/images/38000/38459.jpg "Dovey Junction")
![158829 passes the disused Pwllheli Frame Box as it runs into Pwllheli Station 7 minutes early on the 13.10 arrival from Birmingham International on 9 May 2012. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 09/05/2012]](/images/38000/38773.jpg "Pwllheli")
![158829 starts its 35 minute lay over at Pwllheli on 9 May before forming the 13.38 to Birmingham International. The overnight servicing siding is to the left <br><br>[David Pesterfield 09/05/2012]](/images/38000/38813.jpg "Pwllheli")
![158823 stands at Aberystwyth on 10 May 2012 with the 11.25 arrival from Birmingham International.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 10/05/2012]](/images/39000/39627.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![The well weathered running in board at the seldom used country end of the operational platform at Aberystwyth Station in May 2012. View towards the now multi-user former Cambrian Railways station building.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 10/05/2012]](/images/39000/39641.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![The Vale of Rheidol Railway's old Aberystwyth steam shed seen beyond the former bay platform end in May 2012, with the new VoR platform line and run round loop on the right. The new stabling and heavy maintenance facility can be seen under construction beyond the rear of the steam shed. Nearest the camera on the flat wagon is the main frame for VoR No7 Owain Glyndwr which is awaiting completion of the new facility to allow rebuilding to be started.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 10/05/2012]](/images/39000/39651.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![158823, seen reflected in the glazing of the store located on and behind the former platform 3, prepares to depart from what is now platform 1 at Aberystwyth with the 11.30 service to Birmingham International. Note the old steam shed standing beyond the platform end.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 10/05/2012]](/images/39000/39769.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![The frames of Vale of Rheidol No 7 <I>Owain Glyndwr</I> sit on a flat wagon alongside the former standard gauge platform 1 at Aberystwyth on 10 May 2012. The cargo is awaiting completion of the new Vale of Rheidol Railway heavy maintenance works before rebuilding can start in earnest. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 10/05/2012]](/images/39000/39785.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![The unused country end of Vale of Rheidol's former Aberystwyth steam shed with disconnected standard gauge ash pits still in situ. Photographed on 30 May 2012 from the 10.30 service to Devils Bridge. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 30/05/2012]](/images/39000/39778.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![158829 leaves Aberystwyth on 30 May with the 09.30 service to Birmingham International. The train is passing reserve set 158836 stabled on the siding line. The latter had run ECS from Machynlleth and will return there shortly. The 09.30 service was intended to be formed as a 4 car set from the May timetable change, but signalling issues have delayed coupling of the two sets in the station.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 30/05/2012]](/images/39000/39812.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![Reserve set 158836 crosses over from the stabling siding onto the platform line at Aberystwyth before returning ECS to Machynlleth depot on 30 May following the departure of the 09.30 service train. A reserve set is sent out to Aberystwyth to ensure a 09.30 departure in the event of delays with the incoming working. [See image 39812] <br><br>[David Pesterfield 30/05/2012]](/images/39000/39835.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![A Class 158 DMU from Pwllhei crosses the now demolished Pont Briwet wooden trestle bridge on a rainy day in October 2012.<br>
The railway now crosses the River Dwyryd on a concrete bridge on a new parallel alignment, while a separate road bridge is nearing completion (April 2015) on the site of the former trestle bridge. [See image 49098] <br><br>[Colin McDonald /10/2012]](/images/50000/50842.jpg "Pont Briwet")
![158827 awaits departure for Machynlleth, where it will couple with a similar unit from Pwllheli before carrying on to Birmingham International.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 10/10/2012]](/images/60000/60730.jpg "Aberystwyth")
![158818 and 158822 during extended stops at Harlech on 21 November, after bringing students to the local college. The trains are standing below Harlech Castle while awaiting their 08.25 departures to Birmingham International and Pwllheli respectively. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 21/11/2012]](/images/41000/41846.jpg "Harlech")
![View north over the Pont Briwet wooden road/rail bridge across the River Dwyryd in April 2013. [See news item]<br><br>[Colin McDonald /04/2013]](/images/46000/46693.jpg "Pont Briwet")
![Looking north west at Morfa Mawddach along the former platform used by trains heading east on the Dollgellau route (closed 1964). The surviving part of the station still serving the coast line lies up ahead on the left. [See image 19704] <br><br>[David Pesterfield 04/11/2013]](/images/45000/45901.jpg "Morfa Mawddach")
![The soon-to-be-demolished original Pont Briwet on 6th July with its replacement taking shape alongside. Work on the new bridge caused the 1860s wooden trestle bridge to become unstable in December 2013, following which the line was closed from Harlech to Pwllheli. It is expected to reopen by September 2014. [See image 46693]<br><br>[Colin McDonald 06/07/2014]](/images/48000/48008.jpg "Pont Briwet")
![Looking north at the Pont Briwet rebuilding works on 6 July 2014, with the line from Harlech to Pwllheli currently scheduled to reopen in September.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 06/07/2014]](/images/48000/48020.jpg "Pont Briwet")
![The realignment of the track for the replacement Pont Briwet has (temporarily) obliterated Llandecwyn halt, seen here on 6 July 2014. As the area is part of Snowdonia National park, care is being taken to build the boundary walls with local materials.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 06/07/2014]](/images/48000/48042.jpg "Llandecwyn")
![A road-rail vehicle parked on the realigned track alongside the newly widened road leading to the rebuilt Pont Briwet on 6th July 2014. The line from Harlech to Pwllheli is due to reopen by September 2014.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 06/07/2014]](/images/48000/48058.jpg "Pont Briwet")
![Harlech Castle looks down on the 12.26 to Birmingham International preparing to depart on 9th July 2014. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 09/07/2014]](/images/47000/47979.jpg "Harlech")
![The limit of the service of the Cambrian Coast line at Harlech station in July 2014, where the rails turn rusty and the weeds begin. Gwynedd Council has announced that the line, currently closed from Harlech to Pwllheli because of problems with the rebuilding of the Pont Briwet, should reopen by 1st September.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 09/07/2014]](/images/47000/47996.jpg "Harlech")
![The 1215 arrival from Birmingham International prepares to depart Harlech as the 1226 return on 9th July 2014. The shuttle service is a result of the Cambrian Coast Line being currently closed from Harlech to Pwllheli. [See image 48008]<br><br>[Colin McDonald 09/07/2014]](/images/48000/48028.jpg "Harlech")
![Currently the only way of getting from Harlech to Pwllheli by rail. Scene near Harlech station on 9 July 2014. The Cambrian Coast Line is currently closed from Harlech to Pwllheli because of problems with the rebuilding of the Pont Briwet but is expected to reopen by 1st September.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 09/07/2014]](/images/48000/48064.jpg "Harlech")
![An overgrown Talsarnau halt stands in the middle distance, on the currently closed Harlech - Pwllheli section of the Cambrian Coast line. Photographed on 9 July 2014 against the backdrop of Harlech Castle. [Ref query 11785]<br><br>[Colin McDonald 09/07/2014]](/images/48000/48163.jpg "Talsarnau")
![Colourful artwork created by local children in the Arriva Trains Wales Cambrian Schools' Safety Project on display at Criccieth station in October 2014.<br><br>[Colin McDonald /10/2014]](/images/49000/49149.jpg "Criccieth")
![View from Portmeirion village across the Dwyryd estuary as the 1613 service to Machynlleth leaves Talsarnau on 10th October 2014.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 10/10/2014]](/images/49000/49142.jpg "Talsarnau")
![The 1652 service to Pwllheli about to depart Porthmadog on 13th October 2014. The former station building has been restored after being damaged in the storms in February 2014. [See image 47963]<br><br>[Colin McDonald 13/10/2014]](/images/49000/49154.jpg "Porthmadog")
![DMU 158826 leaves the almost finished new station at Llandecwyn on 14th October 2014 for Birmingham International. Although some work remains to be done on approaches and handrails, the new station opened for business along with the reconstructed Pont Briwet in September 2014.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2014]](/images/49000/49113.jpg "Llandecwyn")
![DMU 158826 seen from Llandecwyn station crossing the rebuilt Pont Briwet on 14 October 2014. Services from Harlech to Pwllheli resumed in September 2014 but the new road bridge is not expected to be open until June 2015.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2014]](/images/49000/49120.jpg "Pont Briwet")
![The 1259 service to Pwllheli approaches the level crossing in Criccieth on a sunny 14th October 2014.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2014]](/images/49000/49129.jpg "Criccieth")
![When complete, the new Llandecwyn station, seen here on 14 October 2014, will have lighting, a Passenger Information System and slate walls to blend in with its surroundings in Snowdonia National Park.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2014]](/images/49000/49165.jpg "Llandecwyn")
![The 1609 service to Machynlleth approaching Penrhyndeudraeth on 14 October. View from the new Llandecwyn station.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2014]](/images/49000/49172.jpg "Penrhyndeudraeth")
![DMU 158834, destined for Birmingham International, passes the former goods yard at Criccieth on 14 October and descends towards the level crossing near the Esplanade.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2014]](/images/49000/49191.jpg "Criccieth")
![The 1352 service to Birmingham International arrives at Criccieth on 14th October 2014. The infilled bay platform gives access to a small garden, while the remains of the old down platform stand in the undergrowth on the left. [See image 49207] [Ref query 15789]<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2014]](/images/49000/49212.jpg "Criccieth")
![A passenger waiting for the 1352 at Criccieth station on 15 October 2014.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 15/10/2014]](/images/49000/49200.jpg "Criccieth")
![The welcome sight of a train running again from Pwllheli to Birmingham International. A class 158 DMU crosses the new concrete Pont Briwet on 17th October 2014, while in the foreground the old wooden trestle bridge standeth still. Difficulties in rerouting water pipes and BT cables have delayed demolition of this listed structure.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 17/10/2014]](/images/49000/49098.jpg "Pont Briwet")
![The 1412 service to Birmingham International stops at the rebuilt (but unfinished) Llandecwyn station on 17 October 2014. Local schoolchildren can now use the station again to commute to Porthmadog and are saved the lengthy detour by the bus replacement service which was in operation from December 2013 to October 2014. [See image 48042]<br><br>[Colin McDonald 17/10/2014]](/images/49000/49106.jpg "Llandecwyn")
![This disused section of the platform at Minffordd continues on the south side of the overbridge carrying the road and the Ffestiniog line over the Cambrian coast line. Photographed in April 2015. [Ref query 4710]<br><br>[Colin McDonald 13/04/2015]](/images/51000/51550.jpg "Minffordd")
![A mid-day service from Birmingham International to Pwlhelli accelerates up the gradient towards Minffordd on 13th April 2015.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 13/04/2015]](/images/51000/51579.jpg "Penrhyndeudraeth")
![Construction workers make their way past the site of the former Cooke's Explosives factory to the Pont Briwet road bridge construction site on 13 April 2014 as the 1410 departure from Penrhyndeudraeth overtakes on its way to Birmingham International. The rail bridge was opened on 1st September 2014 and the new road bridge is finally set to open on Monday 13th July after various delays beset the project. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 13/04/2015]](/images/51000/51715.jpg "Penrhyndeudraeth")
![Progress at Pont Briwet on 17th April 2015: all traces of the original trestle bridge have gone and construction of the new concrete road bridge is well under way.<br>
Llandecwyn station is complete and now has lighting and a Passenger Information System. [See image 49098]<br><br>[Colin McDonald 17/04/2015]](/images/51000/51026.jpg "Pont Briwet")
![Interior view of Pwllheli station on 14th October 2015. The station cafe now occupies most of the west face of the building. The single remaining platform is off to the left.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2015]](/images/52000/52911.jpg "Pwllheli")
![The west and south sides of Pwllheli station on 14th October 2015. Only the south face of the original island platform remains.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2015]](/images/52000/52915.jpg "Pwllheli")
![Should that be pronounced 'Poo-hell-eh?' The offputting patch of luxuriant verdancy on the track at Pwllheli makes a strong case for retention tanks on all trains.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2015]](/images/52000/52925.jpg "Pwllheli")
![The disused Pwllheli West box still survives along with a short section of double track approaching the station, which formerly had an island platform with loco release roads.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2015]](/images/52000/52930.jpg "Pwllheli")
![The entrance to Pwllheli station at the north end of the building on 14th October 2015. The building on the left is a discount store built on the site of the north part on the former island platform and its release road.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2015]](/images/52000/52937.jpg "Pwllheli")
![Dating from its Butlins days, Penychain may have the biggest 'bus shelter' of any Welsh station. It is currently brightly decorated with artwork from local schools.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2015]](/images/52000/52952.jpg "Penychain")
![At the height of the popularity of Butlins Holiday Camp, Penychain had two 10 coach bidirectional platforms. The up platform survives in use and the down platform is now hidden by vegetation (left).<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2015]](/images/52000/52956.jpg "Penychain")
![Just across the overbridge the former pedestrian access to the disused down platform, once used by hundreds of holidaymakers on a Saturday, is now hidden in the bushes. <br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2015]](/images/52000/52996.jpg "Penychain")
![Slate plaque at Llandecwyn station commemorating the opening of the nearby bridge over the Afon Dwyryd.<br><br>[Colin McDonald 14/10/2015]](/images/53000/53151.jpg "Llandecwyn")
![An old railway coach body, still in use as a <I>bothy</I> alongside the Cambrian Coast line at the site of Ynyslas station in September 2016. Ynyslas, between Borth and Dovey Junction, closed to passengers in 1965. [Ref query 3825] <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 18/09/2016]](/images/56000/56589.jpg "Ynyslas")
![The entrance to Dovey Junction station isn't all it seems, as the actual platforms are over half a mile from this gate. The path runs alongside the Aberystwyth line. In the distance the Pwihelli line bridge over the River Dovey can be seen and the station lies just to the east (right) of this. This location might be more accurately described as Glandyfi as it is close to the site of that closed station and the long path to the previously inaccessible Dovey Junction is a recent innovation. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 18/09/2016]](/images/56000/56674.jpg "Dovey Junction")
![The grand exterior of Borth station, final stop before Aberystwyth. Beyond the entrance of this large station is just a single platform, albeit a long one, but the building is well maintained with a variety of occupants.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 18/09/2016]](/images/56000/56698.jpg "Borth")
![The site of Ynyslas station, closed in 1965, as seen from the level crossing looking towards Dovey Junction on 18th September 2016. Note the grounded coach body by the mast in the old goods yard. [See image 56589].<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 18/09/2016]](/images/56000/56888.jpg "Ynyslas")
![Looking northwards towards Ynyslas and Dovey Junction along the tidy single platform at Borth on 18th September 2016. [See image 56698] for the forecourt view of this splendid station building. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 18/09/2016]](/images/57000/57312.jpg "Borth")
![A direct <I>Then and Now</I> comparison at Llandecwyn showing the rebuilt halt that was upgraded at the same time as the nearby Pont Briwet bridge (and road). [See image 17930] for the same view eight years previously. Not as quirky but an improvement for passengers. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/09/2016]](/images/56000/56599.jpg "Llandecwyn")
![<I>Then and Now</I> at Llandecwyn showing the rebuilt halt looking towards the new Pont Briwet bridge that replaced the old timber structure in 2014. [See image 17931] for the same viewpoint eight years previously, since when the rustic character of this tiny halt has been lost but the facilities have been greatly improved. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/09/2016]](/images/56000/56684.jpg "Llandecwyn")
![Arriva 158832 slows for the request stop at Talybont on the Cambrian Coast between Harlech and Barmouth. The train is the 1338 from Pwilhelli, one hour into its journey. At Machynlleth it will combine with another service from Aberystwyth to go forward to Birmingham International (arr 1848).<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/09/2016]](/images/56000/56734.jpg "Talybont")
![A view looking back over the wooden toll bridge at Penmaenpool to the south bank of the estuary, and the <I>bird hide</I> signal box, on 19th September 2016. The old station lies just to the right of the toll booth, which was once adjacent to a level crossing. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/09/2016]](/images/56000/56747.jpg "Penmaenpool")
![The closed station site at Penmaenpool, looking east towards Dolgellau along the old trackbed in September 2016. The station house is now an accommodation annexe for the adjacent George III Hotel, while the (now removed) platforms were just beyond. The toll house for the estuary bridge is on the left of the picture and the surviving signal box is just hidden behind the small tree. [See image 13937] <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/09/2016]](/images/57000/57026.jpg "Penmaenpool")
![ATW 158832 pulls away from the halt at Talybont with a Pwilhelli to Birmingham International service. This view looks south towards the next minor halt at Llanaber with Barmouth and the Mawddach estuary beyond. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/09/2016]](/images/57000/57154.jpg "Talybont")
![North end of Barmouth Bridge, looks like a sleeper or two needs replacing.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 13/10/2017]](/images/61000/61455.jpg "Barmouth Viaduct")
![A very wet and windy morning, this is just after south end of Barmouth bridge, hard to believe this track is in use.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 13/10/2017]](/images/61000/61462.jpg "Barmouth")
![Friday the 13th, lunchtime, a miserable wet and cold day and unfortunately no time to stop at the hotel for a warm up. Penmaenpool is a hamlet on the south side of estuary of the River Mawddach in Wales, near Dolgellau. The former trackbed through the site is now in use as a footpath, the Llwybr Mawddach or Mawddach Trail. This view looks towards the old station site with the toll bridge on the left.<br>
<br><br>[Alan Cormack 13/10/2017]](/images/63000/63107.jpg "Penmaenpool")
![The 1402 to Birmingham International draws into Porthmadog on an warm autumn day in 2017:’<br><br>[Colin McDonald 17/10/3017]](/images/61000/61471.jpg "Porthmadog")
