Pensarn railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Pensarn

Welsh: *Pen-sarn*
Pensarn; Welsh: Pen-sarn
General information
Location	Pensarn, Gwynedd; Wales
Coordinates	52°49′49″N 4°06′39″W / 52.830248°N 4.110966°W
Grid reference	SH578279
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	PES
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1867
Passengers
2020/21	574
2021/22	3,248
2022/23	1,414
2023/24	1,162
2024/25	1,636
Location
Location
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Pensarn railway station serves the village of Pensarn in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury.

The station opened as Pensarn but on 1 April 1885 it was renamed Llanbedr and Pensarn (Welsh: Llanbedr a Phensarn)^[1] and then on 8 May 1978 it reverted to its original name of Pensarn. Most trains call only on request.^[2]

Abergele and Pensarn railway station is on the North Wales Coast Line.

References

^ Johnson, Peter (1984). The Cambrian lines. London: Ian Allan. p. 72. ISBN 0-7110-1400-0. Just before Pensarn, known as Llanbedr & Pensarn until 1978, the railway crosses the Afon Artro on a timber bridge...
^ Marshall, Des (2017). Cambrian coast train walks: Aberystwyth to Pwllheli. Ammanford: Sigma Leisure. p. 11. ISBN 9781910758274. NOTE that some station stops are request only. These are: Penhelig, Tonfannau, Llwyngwril, Morfa Mawddach, Llanaber, Talybont, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Llanbedr, Pensarn, Llandanwg, Tygwyn, Talsarnau, Llandecwyn, Penychain and Abererch. It is important to inform the conductor on board the train that you wish to alight at one of these stations.

External links

Media related to Pensarn railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Train times and station information for Pensarn railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail	Following station
Llandanwg		Transport for Wales Cambrian Coast Line	Llanbedr
	Historical railways
Llandanwg Line and station open		Cambrian Railways Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway	Llanbedr Line and station open

[1] Johnson, Peter (1984). The Cambrian lines. London: Ian Allan. p. 72. ISBN 0-7110-1400-0. Just before Pensarn, known as Llanbedr & Pensarn until 1978, the railway crosses the Afon Artro on a timber bridge...

[2] Marshall, Des (2017). Cambrian coast train walks: Aberystwyth to Pwllheli. Ammanford: Sigma Leisure. p. 11. ISBN 9781910758274. NOTE that some station stops are request only. These are: Penhelig, Tonfannau, Llwyngwril, Morfa Mawddach, Llanaber, Talybont, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Llanbedr, Pensarn, Llandanwg, Tygwyn, Talsarnau, Llandecwyn, Penychain and Abererch. It is important to inform the conductor on board the train that you wish to alight at one of these stations.

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