Fishguard & Goodwick Railway Station - Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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Fishguard & Goodwick Railway Station - Welsh (Rydych Chi Yma - Abergwaun ac Wdig - Fishguard and Goodwick railway station has been recently reopened after being closed for 48 years. The Station is located in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMT2ER
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/14/2016
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Fishguard and Goodwick railway station has been officially reopened after 48 years out of service.
The station closed to passengers in April 1964 and is back in use after a long campaign by a passenger group which says the existing Fishguard station at the ferry terminal is too far outside the town.
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"Fishguard and Goodwick railway station is a railway station sited 1 mile from Fishguard in the neighbouring town of Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is owned by Pembrokeshire County Council and just over .5 miles (0.80 km) from the larger Fishguard Harbour station. Following its closure in 1964 (1980 for Motorail), it reopened on 14 May 2012 following investment from Network Rail and Pembrokeshire County Council.
Early years:
Goodwick station opened on 1 August 1899 under GWR ownership. The station was called Goodwick until 1 May 1904 when it was renamed Fishguard and Goodwick.[2] It was a terminus until the GWR opened their extension to Fishguard Harbour in 1906 and moved their Irish ferry operation there from Neyland.
Closure and subsequent usage:
The station was closed on 6 April 1964 by British Railways, when local trains between Fishguard and Clarbeston Road were withdrawn. After closure to normal passenger trains the station remained in use for workmen's trains to the RNAD Trecwn, until these services were withdrawn on 1 August 1964.
From 18 June 1965 the station became the terminus of a seasonal motorail service from London, the end loading dock behind the former main (Up side) platform being used for unloading the cars. Early photographs show the station building to be shorter than it is today, with the extension carried out along with refurbishment for motorail traffic. Motorail kept the station in use each summer season until the regular service ended on 19 September 1980[4] and the occasional peak service on 16 September 1982.
The station was used temporarily in June 1982, when the railway lines at Fishguard Harbour were moved and re-laid.[6] High speed train services ran through the site of station until the early 1990s but services ceased in 1994.
Station Reopening:
In March 2011, it was announced that Welsh Assembly Government subsidy would be provided to allow an increase in train frequency on the Fishguard line from two trains per day to seven from 12 September 2011 for three years. This prompted a search for funding to re-open Fishguard & Goodwick railway station; funding was successfully found and it was announced that the station was to re-open in March 2012." Text Source: (
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