Bala railway station
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Bala railway station can refer to any of several railway station on the Great Western Railway
which have served the village of Bala
in Wales
.
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
which have served the village of Bala
Bala, Gwynedd
Bala is a market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales, and formerly an urban district of the historic county of Merionethshire. It lies at the north end of Bala Lake , 17 miles north-east of Dolgellau, with a population of 1,980...
in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
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- Bala Lake Halt railway stationBala Lake Halt railway stationBala Lake Halt railway station in Gwynedd, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. In 1976 the site became the eastern terminus of the Bala Lake Railway, now named Bala .-History:...
- Bala's first station, on the Bala and Dolgelly RailwayRuabon Barmouth LineThe Ruabon to Barmouth Line was a standard gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway across the north of Wales which connected Ruabon, in the east, with Barmouth on the west coast.-Connections:...
(open 1868 to 1882; 1934 to 1939)
- Bala (New) railway stationBala (New) railway stationBala railway station was a railway station on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Wales. When it opened it replaced the first Bala station which had been sited farther away from the village on the Ruabon Barmouth Line.-Decline:...
- Bala's second station, on the Festiniog and Blaenau RailwayFestiniog and Blaenau RailwayThe Festiniog & Blaenau Railway was a narrow gauge railway built in 1868 to connect the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog with the slate quarries around Tanymanod and the smaller town of Llan Ffestiniog. At Blaenau Ffestiniog it made a direct connection with the Ffestiniog Railway with which it was...
(open 1882 to 1965)
- Bala Junction railway stationBala Junction railway stationBala Junction railway station in Gwynedd, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. It closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965. Bala Junction was unusual since it was inaccessible by road and merely served as an interchange station....
- The meeting point of the Bala and Dolgelly RailwayRuabon Barmouth LineThe Ruabon to Barmouth Line was a standard gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway across the north of Wales which connected Ruabon, in the east, with Barmouth on the west coast.-Connections:...
, Corwen and Bala RailwayRuabon Barmouth LineThe Ruabon to Barmouth Line was a standard gauge branch line of the Great Western Railway across the north of Wales which connected Ruabon, in the east, with Barmouth on the west coast.-Connections:...
and the Bala and Festiniog Railway (open 1882 to 1965)
- Bala (Llyn Tegid) railway station - The current eastern termiinus of the Bala Lake RailwayBala Lake RailwayThe Bala Lake Railway is a preserved railway at Bala Lake, in Gwynedd, north Wales, which runs for a distance of using gauge rolling stock....
(opened in 1976)