Barry Pier railway station was a railway station in Barry Island, in Wales. It was the terminus of the Barry Island branch line, was authorised in 1896 and opened on 27 June 1899 when the line was extended from Barry Island railway station. There was a 280-yard tunnel connecting the two railway stations which descended at a gradient of 1 in 80 . The last steamer Balmoral called at the floating pontoon located beside the station in October 1971 and the last train in April 1973, but Barry Pier station was not officially closed until 5 July 1976.
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