Waunfawr

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OSGrid:SH527588 Latt / Long :53.10634 / -4.20167

Target for Phase 2 of the rebuilding, reached in 2000
Originally there was a short passing loop where the island platform now stands; it was the principal passing point on the old North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway. The train working in those days was not of a standard to meet with the approval of the Railway Inspectors - trains would be despatched to Snowdon (now Rhyd Ddu) in succession without waiting for 'train out of section' from the far end. On one notorious occasion in 1906, a wagon broke loose from the first train and ran back down the line, hitting the second and damaging it so severely that shortly afterward the two Single Fairlies were combined into one. The present loop is 200 metres long and thus extends beyond the southern (Up) end of the island platform. There is a water tank for Up trains, a rather elegant footbridge, flower beds maintained by the local Antur Waunfawr and the concrete foundation for the intended station building. In the traditional FR style, the trains keep to the right on double tracks.

During the closure, the station building suffered. *Date: unknown *Photographer: Ron Fisher

Again, some 30 years late, April 1st 1990, and more of the station building had disappeared. *Date: April 1st, 1990 *Photographer: Roger Marks

When it came to rebuilding the line, the building was taken apart stone by stone, and a large platform was constructed at that location. It is intended to rebuild at some future date

[edit]See also

The Official construction site has 2 pages covering this location,
one for an area description >> or this,
and
one for the rebuilding in the area >> or this

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