Abererch railway station is located at a level crossing on the minor road from the beach to the village of Abererch on the Lleyn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. This railway station is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Harlech, Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. Trains only call by request. The term level crossing (also called a railroad crossing, railway crossing, train crossing or grade crossing) is a crossing on one level (at-grade intersection) — without recourse to a bridge or tunnel — of a railway line by a road, path, or another railroad. ... The Beach in Calella, Spain. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Abererch is a village in the Welsh principal area of Gwynedd. ... The Lleyn peninsula also known by its Welsh name of the LlÅ·n extends from north west Wales. ... Gwynedd is an administrative county in Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. ... Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff Official language(s) Welsh, English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification    - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056  Area    - Total 20,779... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... The Cambrian Line is a railway from Shrewsbury (in Shropshire, England) to Welshpool, Aberystwyth and Pwllheli. ... Pwllheli is the main market town of the Lleyn peninsula in northwestern Wales. ... Porthmadog, (Pronounced Port Madock), known locally as Port, is a small coastal town located in Gwynedd, in north-west Wales, traditionally part of Caernarfonshire. ... Harlech is a town and seaside resort in North Wales, lying on Tremadog Bay, and within the Snowdonia National Park. ... Barmouth (Welsh: Abermaw (formal); Y Bermo (colloquial)) is a town in the administrative county of Gwynedd, traditional county of Merionethshire, northwestern Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. ... Machynlleth is a market town in the traditional county of Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn), north Powys in Wales. ... Statistics Population: 70,059 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ495123 Administration District: Shrewsbury and Atcham Shire county: Shropshire Region: West Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Shropshire Historic county: Shropshire Services Police force: West Mercia Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: West Midlands Post office and...

This was not always the case as there used to be a crossing-keeper's cottage on the northern side of the railwayline. The crossing-keeper would open and close the level-crossing gates between each train; principally to let holiday makers to/from the sandy Abererch beach and the adjacent caravan/camping site. The single-storey cottage was externally slate-clad throughout and was situated on the left-hand (east) side when approaching the beach from the A497 Pwllheli - Porthmadog road.

In the 1960s there was a British Railways Camping Coach located in the small siding on the northern side of the railway line; on the right hand (west) side of the level-crossing when approaching the beach. The single-carriage Camping Coach was usually only located here during the summer months and would be rented out to families for holidaying purposes. Timber access stairways were provided to the coach from the side away from the railway line as there was no permanent platform associated with this siding.

Aberech Halt as it was referred to did possess a timber constructed 'Waiting Room' up to the mid-1960s but this was destroyed by fire one evening when the felted roof ,allegedly, caught fire from the hot-ashes discharged by a passing steam-hauled train. Other incidents witnessed at the station include severe damage to the railway crossing gates by locomotives when the gates had been left 'open' to vehicular traffic; usually overnight.

External links

• Train times and station information for Abererch railway station from National Rail
• Map and aerial photo of Abererch railway station from Multimap.com