Bow Street railway station


Bow Street is a closed railway station on the Cambrian Line that served the large village of Bow Street, Ceredigion. A new station is currently being built south of the former site and is scheduled to reopen in 2020.

History

The station was opened by the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway on 14 June 1864 when it opened the section of line between and.
The station was host to a GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Western Region from 1952 to 1957, and two coaches were here in 1958 and 1959.
The station was closed on 14 June 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts.

Reopening

The Welsh Government commissioned a study into the reopening of the station in 2015.
In December 2016 the Welsh Government made an application to the UK Government for £4 million towards the reopening of the station at a site further south from the original station which was then occupied by a builders' merchants. The new plans included facilities for a 110 capacity car park, bicycle storage and a bus & coach interchange.
In July 2017 it was announced that the station had been approved funding from the Department for Transport. Work was expected to start on the new station in early November 2018 and finishing by March 2020 at a cost of £7.95 million. However, in August 2019 it was revealed that Transport for Wales was having to put in another plan for the car parking facilities to Ceredigion County Council after Natural Resources Wales raised concerns about potential flooding risks. Planning permission for the new station was granted in September 2019, with work having commenced by January 2020.