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Train times and station information for Llanfairpwll railway station from National Rail; Slater's Directory of North & Mid Wales, 1895 uses all three of the short names for the village – and does not mention the long form. Video footage of Llanfair PG Railway Station
The long name was supposedly contrived in 1869 as an early publicity stunt to give the station the longest name of any railway station in Britain. [17] According to Sir John Morris-Jones the name was created by a local tailor, whose name he did not confide, letting the secret die with him.
The longest officially used station name on Britain's railway network is in fact Rhoose Cardiff International Airport, in South Wales. o In 1853 a station called Merthyr High Street was first opened on the present day site of Merthyr Tydfil. It was rebuilt on part of the original site in 1974 and again in 1996. [27] [3]
Following its recent reopening with a new name (the station was known as "Rhoose" before it closed in 1964), [1] this station now holds the distinction of having the longest name for a station as recognised by National Rail in the UK, in both English (33 letters, excluding spaces) and Welsh (Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd Y Rhws – 28 letters, as dd, ng and rh are single letters in Welsh).
The Long Tunnel (T4) Nantmor: Hafod y Llyn ... This is a list of the stations and halts on the Welsh Highland Railway. Original ... Portmadoc New (1923) station [1 ...
The first station in Holyhead was opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway on 1 August 1848, but this was replaced by the second on 15 May 1851. [2] The present station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 17 January 1866 [2] and still retains its overall roof. It is believed to be the longest train shed in Wales. [1]
The name means 'St Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel near a Rapid Whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the Red Cave'. A weatherman in the U.K. wowed viewers this week by ...
The station name was once again changed to the current geographically descriptive name at this time. Under the station's new owner, Transport for Wales, the station's Welsh name has been changed to Pont-y-Pŵl a'r Dafarn Newydd, from the former Welsh name under Arriva Trains Wales, Pont-y-Pŵl a New Inn. [4] The English name was unchanged.