Bow Street

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Bow Street (1864-1965)
Bow Street (2001-)

Station code: National Rail
Where: Ceredigion, Wales
Opened on the Aberystwyth and Welch Coast Railway.

Description

This was a two platform station on the line north of Aberystwyth in the south of the village of Bow Street.

The station had a passing loop on a largely single track line. The main station building was on the southbound platform (closest to the road access) and there was a goods yard on the east side of the station, approached by reversing from the north.

The line remains open but the station closed in 1965.

(2020) A new station is under construction.

(2021) The new station is now open.

Tags

Station

News items

26/02/2021Man paints 'welcome to hell' on house after station next door 'ruined his life' [The Scottish Sun]
15/02/2021Station reopening at Bow Street brings first trains for 56 years [BBC News]
13/01/2020Work on £8m railway station at Bow Street gets under way [BBC News]
28/07/2017Five new rail stations to 'boost' regional economies [BBC News]
27/04/2017New railway station plans for Wales chosen for scrutiny [BBC News]