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Fairbourne railway station

Fairbourne railway station serves the village of in , Wales. It is an unstaffed station on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to , , , , , Aberdovey, and .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Fairbourne Station” and “FRB”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fairbourne railway station and Golf Halt railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Fairbourne Railway is a 12+1⁄4 in gauge miniature railway running for 2 miles from the village of on the Mid-Wales coast, alongside the beach to the end of a peninsula at Barmouth Ferry railway station, where there is a connection with the Barmouth Ferry across the Mawddach estuary to the seaside resort of .

Railway station
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Golf Halt is a small railway halt on the Fairbourne Railway in , . Until 2007 the station was known as Gorsa­fawddachai­draig­ddanhedd­ogleddol­lônpen­rhynar­eur­draethcere­digion (. is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Fairbourne railway station.

Railway station
The Fairbourne Railway is a 12+1⁄4 in gauge miniature railway running for 2 miles from the village of on the Mid-Wales coast, alongside the beach to the end of a peninsula at Barmouth Ferry railway station, where there is a connection with the Barmouth Ferry across the Mawddach estuary to the seaside resort of . is situated 1,800 feet west of Fairbourne railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairbourne and Barmouth.

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is a seaside village in , . Located on the coast of in community, to the south of the estuary of the River Mawddach, it is surrounded by .

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is a seaside town and community in the county of , north-west ; it lies on the estuary of the Afon Mawddach and . Located in the historic county of , the Welsh form of the name is derived from aber and the river's name, Mawddach.

Village
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is a village, post town and community in the Meirionnydd area in , north including the villages of and Friog. It is located on the A493, approximately 8 miles west of , and had a population of 1,010 in 2001, increasing slightly to 1,031 at the 2011 census. is situated 2 miles northeast of Fairbourne railway station.

Fairbourne railway station

Latitude
52.69598° or 52° 41′ 46″ north
Longitude
-4.04903° or 4° 2′ 57″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Operator
Transport for Wales Rail
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“FRB”
Open location code
9C4QMXW2+99
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21181684
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2649747
Wiki­data ID
Q2323324
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Fairbourne railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Fairbourne”
  • Dutch: “Station Fairbourne”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة فايربورن”
  • French: “Fairbourne”
  • French: “gare de Fairbourne”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Fairbourne”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fairbourne railway station”. Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.