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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]
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
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).
Wales railway station stubs (544 P) Pages in category "Railway stations in Wales" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The Beeching cuts had a significant impact on rail transport in Wales, closing a large number of railway stations. Since then some stations have reopened in Wales and following Welsh devolution, the Wales and Borders passenger rail franchise was established in 2001 and the operator was taken into public ownership by the Welsh Government in 2021.
Rhyd Ddu is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1881 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the LNWR. It has also previously been named both "Snowdon" and "South Snowdon".
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.