Английская Википедия:Blaenau Festiniog Junction railway station

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Шаблон:Conwy Valley Line Blaenau Festiniog Junction railway station (also known as Stesion Fain railway station) was the Festiniog Railway (FR)'s third of eventually five passenger stations in Blaenau Ffestiniog, then in Merionethshire, now in Gwynedd, Wales.

History

Stesion Fain opened on 1 April 1881 between Шаблон:Rws and the line's northern terminus at Шаблон:Rws. It was aimed primarily at exchange traffic with the LNWR's Conwy Valley Line station which opened a few yards away on the opposite side of North Western Road[1]Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn on the same day. Target customers could be travelling from (say) Porthmadog to Шаблон:Rws or from Шаблон:Rws to Шаблон:Rws. A few could be travelling from (say) Шаблон:Rws via Шаблон:Rws to Шаблон:Rws, using the FR for the last leg.

Naming

The station's nameboards declared the station to be Blaenau Festiniog Junction,Шаблон:Sfn with the anglicised single "F", but

  • the station was not at or near a passenger junction
  • locally it was known as "Stesion Fain" (Narrow Station), often misspelled as "Stesion Fein"
  • in FR material and Bradshaw's FR timetable it appeared as "Blaenau Festiniog (L&NW)" (i.e. connection for the LNWR)Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
  • Bradshaw's LNWR timetable mentions it only by inference by citing a page number.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
  • One authoritative source refers to the station as "Blaenau Ffestiniog exchange" (lower case "e")Шаблон:Sfn whilst another uses "Blaenau Ffestiniog Exchange (LNWR)"Шаблон:Sfn

Interchange traffic

The FR sought to tap custom not only from Blaenau Ffestiniog itself, but also its wider connections. It co-operated with the LNWR whose southern terminus was an underarm stone's throw away on the opposite side of North Western Road. Timetabling was sympathetic; in 1910, for example, three of the FR's four non-workmen's trains from Шаблон:Rws arrived between 27 and 42 minutes before an LNWR train headed north, giving a traveller from (say) Шаблон:Rws a good chance of getting to Шаблон:Rws even if his first train was 15 minutes late.Шаблон:Sfn Bradshaw may have been mealy-mouthed about the proximity of the FR station, but the LNW station boasted a very large station nameboard proclaiming "BLAENAU FESTINIOG CHANGE HERE FOR NARROW GAUGE LINE TO MINFFORD AND PORTMADOC".Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The FR's 1936 timetable for "Tourist" trains stated they "formed suitable connections with the L.M. and S. and G.W. Coys. in both directions at Blaenau Festiniog."Шаблон:Sfn

Station buildings

The station had one very low platform, similar to that at Шаблон:Rws, a metal waiting shelter with a slate roof and small buildings at both ends,Шаблон:Sfn with that at the Tan-y-Grisiau end containing a refreshment room,Шаблон:Sfn opposite and a few yards west of which stood a slate water tower topped with a metal tank.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn[2][3]

The wilderness years

The station stood derelict for some years after closure in 1939, being progressively demolished by the elements, vandals and eventually officialdom. The water tower lived a charmed life, outliving the station buildings.Шаблон:Sfn[4]Шаблон:Sfn The site seemed doomed when road alterations buried a stretch of the track in 1963.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn[5] In 1956 the waiting shelter was dismantled and re-erected for use by spectators at Manod Football Club,[6]Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn though it was replaced in turn in the 2000s by a more modern structure.

For a period in the 1970s the FR locomotive "Princess" was mounted on a plinth at the station site as a symbol of remembrance and intention to return.[7][8][9]

Modern times

The station site was a serious contender for the location of the Ffestiniog Railway's return to Blaenau, the location remained as first built, back-to-back with the ex-LNWR Шаблон:Rws which was the town's sole surviving station from 1960. In the event, in 1982 both British Railways (BR) and the FR opened wholly new stations on the site of Шаблон:Rws, meaning that the narrow gauge line through Blaenau Festiniog Junction was reinstated, but the station was not. The site is commemorated with a raised flowerbed.[10]

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External links

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