Llanberis railway station (Llanberis Lake Railway)

Llanberis (LLR) railway station is the southern terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway (LLR),[2] located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. The line and station primarily serve tourists and railway enthusiasts.[3][4]

Llanberis (LLR)
Station on heritage railway
Llanberis Lake Railway, Llanberis terminus
LocationLlanberis, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates53.1174°N 4.1194°W / 53.1174; -4.1194
Grid referenceSH 582 599
Platforms1[1]
History
Original companyLlanberis Lake Railway
Key dates
6 June 2003Opened
Llanberis Lake Railway
Padarn Railway
 Pen-y-Llyn
(PR)
 Penllyn
Passing loop
 Cei Llydan
 Gilfach Ddu
(PR)
 Gilfach Ddu
Dinorwic quarry
Afon Rhythallt
 Llanberis
(LLR)
 Llanberis
(LNWR)
 Llanberis
(SMR)
Snowdon Mountain Railway
Carnarvonshire Railway

Most of the LLR was laid around 1970 on the trackbed of the closed and lifted Padarn Railway. The line opened between Gilfach Ddu (LLR) and Cei Llydan on 28 May 1971, being extended northwards to Penllyn (LLR) in 1972.[5] For thirty years the new line's southern terminus was Gilfach Ddu (LLR), situated a short distance south of the site of the Padarn Railway's former workmen's station, also named Gilfach Ddu. In 2003 a wholly new extension was opened south westwards, with Llanberis (LLR) station as the line's new southern terminus.

The single platform station stands opposite Llanberis (SMR) station, the lower terminus of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, and not far from the site of the long-closed Llanberis standard gauge station.

Preceding station   Heritage railways Following station
Terminus   Llanberis Lake Railway   Gilfach Ddu (LLR)
Interchange with Llanberis on the Snowdon Mountain Railway

References
  1. Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photo 100 & Map XXX.
  2. Yonge, Padgett & Szwenk 2013, Map 51F.
  3. The station and railway, via Llanberis.com
  4. The station and railway, via YouTube
  5. Boyd 1986, pp. 219-222.

Sources
  • Boyd, James I. C. (1986). Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire, Volume 3: The Dinorwic Quarry and Railways, Great Orme Tramway and Other Rail Systems. The British Narrow Gauge Railway. Usk: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-328-2. OL 8284745M. B5C.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-72-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Yonge, John; Padgett, David; Szwenk, John (2013). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). British Rail Track Diagrams - Book 4: London Midland Region (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-7-4. OCLC 880581044.
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