Porthmadog railway station
Porthmadog 
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An Arriva Trains Wales train to Birmingham International arrives, 2009.
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| Location | |
| Place | Porthmadog |
| Local authority | Gwynedd |
| Coordinates | 52°55′52″N 4°08′02″W / 52.931°N 4.134°WCoordinates: 52°55′52″N 4°08′02″W / 52.931°N 4.134°W |
| Grid reference | SH565391 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PTM |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 80,912 |
| 2012/13 |
 76,428 |
| 2013/14 |
53,040 |
| 2014/15 |
55,892 |
| 2015/16 |
79,194 |
| History | |
| Original company | Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Cambrian Railways |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Porthmadog from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Porthmadog railway station serves the town of Porthmadog on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. The station is on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services to Pwllheli, Harlech, Barmouth, Machynlleth, Shrewsbury and Birmingham.
Considering the size of the town, Porthmadog has, and has had, a number of stations, all containing either "Porthmadog", or the earlier spelling "Portmadoc" in their name.
Additionally there were two interim stations either side of, what is now, the Network Rail / Welsh Highland Railway Cae Pawb crossing. These were referred to as:
with station (2) taking the title Portmadoc Old during the period these existed.
Until the line between Bangor and Afonwen closed in 1964 there was a through service in the summer to and from London Euston via Crewe, Chester, Llandudno Junction and Caernarvon; the Pwllheli portion was detached at Afonwen and the forward coaches proceeded to Portmadoc (the spellings are those used at the time). There was also a summer service between London Paddington and Pwllheli, via Birmingham Snow Hill, Shrewsbury and Machynlleth.
Nowadays trains call at Porthmadog roughly once every two hours Monday - Saturday, with a solitary train stopping in each direction on Sundays during the winter and two additional services each way in the summer (May - mid-September). During the daytime, trains run through to/from Shrewsbury and Birmingham International (joining or splitting from a portion to/from Aberystwyth), but in the evening they start/terminate at Machynlleth.
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