page_title: Borth railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Borth railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Borth Station. View north, towards Machynlleth; ex-Cambrian Rly. Machynlleth - Aberystwyth main line - station still open!
context_page_description: Borth railway station is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in mid-Wales, serving the village of Borth near Aberystwyth.
context_section_description: The station was opened by the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway on 1 July 1863 when it opened the section of line between Machynlleth and Borth. 
  It originally had two platforms with a goods yard to the north, but is now an unmanned halt.
  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 1962. In 1963 the administration of camping coaches at the station was taken over by the London Midland, there was a coach here from 1963 to 1968 and two coaches from 1969 to 1971.
  The original station building still remains and is Grade II listed and in private / commercial use apart from one room, which provides a waiting room for passengers. The station was adopted under the Arriva Trains Wales Station Adoption Scheme and has won a number of community awards.
  Volunteers started in January 2011 to convert an unused part of the waiting room and the long-closed booking office into a museum; this was completed in July 2011. The museum now houses various collections, including Village History, Railway & Industrial Heritage, Natural History and Environmental displays.
caption: Borth Station in 1962
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