Bow Street railway station
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Bow Street is a railway station on the Cambrian Line, which runs between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth or Pwllheli. The station, situated 4 miles 30 chains (7 km) north-east of Aberystwyth, serves the villages of Bow Street and Pen-y-garn in Ceredigion, Wales. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Transport for Wales.
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Location | Bow Street, Ceredigion Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 52°26′24″N 4°01′49″W | ||||
Grid reference | SN620843 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||
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Station code | BOW | ||||
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Original company | Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways | ||||
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23 June 1864 | Opened | ||||
14 June 1965 | Closed | ||||
14 February 2021 | Resited and reopened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2020/21 | 306 | ||||
2021/22 | 13,694 | ||||
2022/23 | 23,282 | ||||
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The original station was closed on 14 June 1965. The current station was constructed on a different site, just south of the original. Funded by the Welsh Government and the Department for Transport, it opened on 14 February 2021.[1][2][3]