Golf Halt railway station


Golf Halt is a small railway halt on the Fairbourne Railway in Gwynedd, North Wales.
Until 2007 the station was known as Gorsa­fawddachai­draig­ddanhedd­ogleddol­lônpen­rhynar­eur­draethcere­digion (.

Overview

The name was contrived by the railway for publicity and to outdo Llanfairpwll­gwyngyll­gogerych­wyrndrobwll­llantysilio­gogogoch. The Welsh name is translated as: "Mawddach Station and its Dragon beneath the northern peace of the Penrhyn Road on the golden beach of Cardigan Bay."
The "dragon" refers to some surviving World War II anti-tank blocks, known as dragon's teeth.
Problems with the name are the need for the apostrophe and that the two words ...ogleddol-lôn... need a hyphen between them to make sense. Ll is a letter in its own right in Welsh. It also includes the description ar eurdraeth Ceredigion for "on the golden beach of Cardigan Bay": however "Cardigan Bay" is Bae Ceredigion, and it is the neighbouring county. Possibly because of this, the name has not received much if any official recognition and Llanfairpwll­gwyngyll­gogerych­wyrndrobwll­llantysilio­gogogoch is still regarded as the longest by most authorities. The station reverted to its original name of Golf Halt in 2007.