Duffws

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Duffws
Duffws in 1968
Previous Station	Blaenau Ffestiniog
Status	Station Closed
Next Station
Latitude	52:59:41.66N
Longitude	03:56:04.47W
Grid Reference	SH702459
Stations Locations	Harbour Station

OSGrid:SH702459 Latt / Long :52.99489 / -3.93466

This entry refers to the Ffestiniog Railway station at Duffws. There was also a Festiniog and Blaenau Railway station called Duffws, which was located near today's footcrossing in the car park (referred to within the Wiki as 'F&BR Duffws').

The Duffws passenger station (referred to within the Wiki as 'FR Duffws') first opened in January 1866 and led a chequered existence until final closure in 1931. The building remains today as a council operated public convenience.

Over time there have been at least 3 different spellings of the name: - Diphwys, Dyffws, Duffws.

Duffws in the 1880s, with Little Giant, Welsh Pony and Taliesin (FR archives).
Note the Ashbury carriage and quarrymen's carriages on the left while straight ahead between the locomotives is the storage shed used to stable quarrymen's carriages during the week
*Date: 1880's

Welsh Pony at Duffws water tower
*Date 1906 *Photo: FR Archives

During the closeure period the site was cleared of most of the track. The section viewable was a continuation from where the diesel shunter was stored under the bridge
*Date 1968 *Photo: Graham Isherwood