Heritage railway stations · Mid Wales
Pendre railway station
Pendre railway station in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Pendre railway station is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Pendre railway station (also known as Tywyn Pendre railway station, or formerly as Towyn Pendre railway station) is a station on the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn, Gwynedd in mid-Wales. It is 0.42 miles (0.68 km) from Tywyn Wharf, which is the primary station and western terminus of the railway. Pendre is the site of the railway's locomotive and carriage sheds, and engineering works. Passenger trains stop at Pendre by request only. 'Pendre' is Welsh for 'End-of-town'.
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Background
Architecture
The wooden station building was ready for the opening of the line in November/December 1866. Building work for the workshops and sheds on this site started as soon as the railway was open to transport building materials to the site. The first buildings were completed by February 1867. The buildings consisted of an engine shed with an attached cottage on the east end, for the engine-driver (the cottage was later occupied by the crossing-keeper), an adjoining workshop, the combined length of both of these buildings, to the south; and a single road carriage shed (now known as the "south carriage shed"). All these buildings (apart from the carriage shed, which was built of timber) were built…
Visiting
The works here are featured in The Railway Series by Rev. Wilbert Awdry, and in the fourth season of Thomas & Friends, as the works at Crovan's Gate, on the Skarloey Railway.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.5872, -4.0811
- District
- Gwynedd
- Parish
- Tywyn
- Postcode
- LL36 9EL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Sources
- wikidata: Q7162511 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pendre railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pendre railway station?
- Pendre railway station is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode LL36 9EL), in the parish of Tywyn.
- Who owns Pendre railway station?
- Pendre railway station is owned by Talyllyn Railway.
- Is Pendre railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Pendre railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Pendre railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LL36 9EL. It sits within the Dwyfor Meirionnydd parliamentary constituency.