Abergynolwyn Blockpost

Tallyllyn Railway - Abergynolwyn Blockpost (Signal box)

Abergynolwyn station was originally a simple wooden affair with a loop and was the furthest point for public passenger train operation, the line beyond here to Nant Gwernol being for goods trains only. A siding was added between 1888 and 1901, re-sited during or after the First World War when a platform for loading vehicles in the siding was also provided.
Over the winter 1975/76 in connection with the extension of the passenger railway to Nant Gwernol a 650 yard platform was created, and the station area signalled using miniature colour light signals controlled, along with the point work, from a substantial signal box which was officially brought into use on May 22nd 1976. A siding was provided and further extended in 1977. The frame is an REC/LMR ex Bold Colliery Sidings with tappet locking.

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