Semaphore signal at Penmaenpool
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Semaphore signal at Penmaenpool
Image: © John Winder Taken: 31 Dec 2015
Signal at the site of Penmaenpool station on the former Ruabon - Barmouth line, closed to all traffic on 12th December 1964 following flood damage. Part of the line was reopened later that month, but then passenger services ceased as planned under the Beeching axe on 18th January 1965. Part of the line has been preserved as a standard gauge steam railway between Llangollen and Corwen, and another section is operated as the narrow gauge Bala Lake Railway. The section pictured here is used as the Mawddach Trail, a cycleway and footpath between Barmouth Junction and Dolgellau. The picture shows the stationmaster's house on the right of the shot.Also visible is part of Penmaenpool toll bridge and the bridge keeper's hut, and immediately to its right and partially obscured by a tree, the former signal box, now converted into an information centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.747551
Longitude
-3.937595