Llanaber railway station

Llanaber
Llanaber
	Llanaber station on 26 October 2015
General information
Location	Llanaber, Gwynedd; Wales
Coordinates	52°44′31″N 4°04′37″W / 52.742°N 4.077°W
Grid reference	SH598180
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	LLA
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	14 August 1911
Passengers
2018/19	2,874
2019/20	2,780
2020/21	440
2021/22	620
2022/23	1,750
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Llanaber railway station serves the village of Llanaber near Barmouth in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Harlech, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Most trains call only on request.

The station platform is located on a narrow ledge below the village of Llanaber and immediately above a rocky beach.

Since 22 June 2020, trains have not called at the station due to the short platform and the inability to maintain social distancing between passengers and the guard when opening the train door.^[2]

January 2014 storms[edit]

On 3 January 2014 wave action washed away 300 tonnes (330 tons) of track bed and deposited 800 tonnes (880 tons) of debris on the line.^[3] The line was closed for five months whilst Network Rail engineers repaired the formation and rebuilt the sea wall, with traffic resuming as far as Harlech on 1 May. Through services to Pwllheli remained suspended until 1 September due to rebuilding work on the Pont Briwet viaduct to the north at Penrhyndeudraeth.