Bontnewydd railway station

Not to be confused with Bont Newydd railway station.

Bontnewydd
Station on heritage railway
The station in September 2015
General information
Location	Bontnewydd, Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	53.11597°N 4.27478°W / 53.11597; -4.27478
Grid reference	SH478600
Owned by	Festiniog Railway Company
Managed by	Welsh Highland Railway
Platforms	1

Nantlle Railway
Caernarfon Castle Carnarvon Harbour Carnarvon Castle Afon Seiont Coed Helen Tunnel Bontnewydd Afon Gwyrfai Plas Dinas Tunnel Pwllheli Road Groeslon Penygroes Nantlle to quarries

Carnarvonshire Railway
Bangor and Carnarvon Railway to Bangor Caernarvon Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway Caernarfon (WHR) Quay sidings Caernarvon (Morfa) Carnarvon (Pant) Pont Rug Halt Pontrhythallt Bontnewydd (WHR) Cwm-y-Glo Llanberis Tunnel Glynrhonwy Quarries Padarn Halt Llanberis Dinas Junction Welsh Highland Railway Llanwnda Groeslon Penygroes Nantlle Branch Junction Nantlle summit Pant Glas Brynkir Ynys Llangybi Chwilog Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly to Pwllheli Afon Wen Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly to Porthmadog

Bontnewydd is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway. The halt was opened on 31 May 1999 on the petition of the villagers of Bontnewydd, and is between Caernarfon and Dinas on the Lôn Eifion cycle route. It is a request stop with no station buildings and a single low platform. The train services are operated by the Festiniog Railway Company.

See also

A halt existed here on the horse-drawn Nantlle Railway from 1856 to 12 June 1865. From the outset timetables appeared regularly in the Carnarvon & Denbigh Herald and in Bradshaw from October 1856.

Notes

Sources

• Boyd, James I.C. (1990) [1972]. Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire, Volume 1: The West. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-273-5. OCLC 650247345.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

External links

• The Welsh Highland Railway Project - official reconstruction site
• Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
• Rebuilding The Welsh Highland Railway - an independent site
• Welsh Highland Railway Timetables

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Caernarfon		Welsh Highland Railway Porthmadog - Caernarfon		Dinas
Carnarvon Castle Line and station closed		Nantlle Railway		Pwllheli Road Line and station closed