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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]
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.
Llanfairpwll railway station, also signposted as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, is a station on the North Wales Coast Line from Crewe to Holyhead, serving the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales.
[35] [36] By February 2020, the Welsh Government had received £755 million in HS2-linked funding, with the UK Government stating it was "investing record amounts in Wales' railway infrastructure" and the Welsh Government had received a "significant uplift" in Barnett-based funding due to the UK Government's increased funding of HS2, [37] with ...
The Long Tunnel (T4) Nantmor: ... This is a list of the stations and halts on the Welsh Highland Railway. Original. Dinas; ... station [1] Portmadoc New (1923 ...
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 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.