Ffridd Gate railway station
Ffridd Gate was a station on the Corris Railway in Merioneth (now Gwynedd), Wales, UK. It was built at the level crossing over the B4404 road to Llanwrin, near the hamlet of "Fridd". A small hamlet also grew up around the station and a nearby (pre-existent) toll-house. The hamlet and former station are near to the confluence of the Afon Dulas and the River Dyfi, around west of the village of Llanwrin and north of the town of Machynlleth. History. Around 1830 a toll house was built at Ffridd Gate to control the south  end of the turnpike road to Dolgellau - now the A487. When the Corris, Machynlleth & River Dovey Tramroad was built in 1859, it crossed the road to Llanwrin (now the B4404) and passed on the east side of the tollhouse before entering Ffridd Wood. The station, built in 1885, was on the south side of the level crossing and had a simple wooden shelter for passengers. There was no platform. Positioning. South of the station was the railway's bridge over the Dyfi, originally a wooden trestle construction and later a three-span steel bridge. The site of the bridge is  now occupied by the Millennium Bridge for walkers and cyclists, providing a short-cut to Machynlleth. The Centre for Alternative Technology lies about a mile north of the hamlet.