Bala (Penybont) railway station

Bala Lake Halt
General information
Location	Gwynedd
Platforms	?
History
Original company	Corwen and Bala / Bala and Dollgelly Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 August 1868	Station opened as first Bala station
1 November 1882	Station replaced by Bala (New)
5 February 1934	Bala Lake Halt opened on same site
25 September 1939	Bala Lake Halt closed
25 March 1976	Opens as Bala (Llyn Tegid)

Bala Lake Halt railway station in Gwynedd, Wales, was formerly a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. The site started life as the first Bala station before being replaced by Bala (New) on the Festiniog branch. Later Bala lake Halt was opened on the site and that operated from 1934 to 1939.

In 1976 the site became the eastern terminus of the Bala Lake Railway, now named Bala (Llyn Tegid).

History

Opened by the Corwen and Bala / Bala and Dollgelly Railway it was replaced with the Blanau and Festiniog Railway station.The Great Western Railway ran the railway on either side of the Grouping of 1923, opening the Bala Lake Halt in the 1930s. The line then passed on to British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed by the British Railways Board.

In 1976 the Bala Lake Railway opened its eastern terminus on the site.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Llangower		Great Western Railway Bala Ffestiniog Line		Bala Junction
	Heritage railways
Bryn Hynod		Bala Lake Railway		Terminus

External Links

• Bala (Llyn Tegid) station on navigable 1946 O. S. map Site is on railway at corner of lake labelled Pont Mwngyll-y-llyn
• Railscot on Bala and Festiniog Line
• Bala Lake Railway on the site now