Maentwrog Road railway station

Maentwrog Road railway station was a railway station on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Wales. The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West It closed to passenger services on 2 January 1960 and freight services on 27 January 1961. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

The line through the station site was reopened in 1964 for freight to the nearby Trawsfynydd nuclear power station. Trawsfynydd ( Welsh: "across mountain") is a Village in North Wales, adjacent to the A470 north of Dolgellau

During the 1980s a siding was constructed in the former goods yard at Maentwrog Road for freight deliveries to the explosives factory in Penrhyndeudraeth. Penrhyndeudraeth ( peninsula with two beaches in Welsh) is a Village in Gwynedd, Wales. This was necessary as locomotive hauled trains had been banned from the usual route along the Cambrian Line owing to concerns regarding the structural condition of Barmouth Bridge. The Cambrian Line is a railway from Shrewsbury (in Shropshire, England) to Welshpool, Aberystwyth and Pwllheli. The Barmouth Bridge ( Welsh: Pont Abermaw) is a single-track largely wooden railway viaduct that crosses the estuary of the Afon Mawddach river on the coast

Passenger trains briefly returned to the station in the 1989, using a temporary platform in the old goods yard. These trains ran for one summer in an attempt to encourage tourism at Trawsfynydd power station.

The station building and adjacent station-master's house remain in situ and have been in use as private residences for several years.

In 2002 the A470 bridge at the north end of the station was rebuilt. The A470 is a major long-distance connective spine road in Wales, running from Cardiff on the south coast to Llandudno on the north coast

Preceding station	Historical Railways			Following station
Llan Ffestiniog		Great Western Railway Bala Ffestiniog Line		Trawsfynydd Lake Halt

Llan Ffestiniog railway station was a railway station in Llan Ffestiniog, North Wales. The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West Trawsfynydd Lake Halt railway station was a railway station on the Great Western Railway 's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Wales.

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