Llanwnda railway station

Llanwnda railway station served the village of Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales.[9]

Llanwnda
LocationLlanwnda, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates53.0948°N 4.2822°W / 53.0948; -4.2822
Grid referenceSH 472 576
Platforms1[1][2]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCarnarvonshire Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
2 September 1867[3]Opened as "Pwllheli Road"[4]
14 September 1877Renamed Llanwnda[5][6]
7 December 1964[7][6]Closed completely[8]
Nantlle Railway
Caernarfon Castle
 Carnarvon Harbour
 Carnarvon Castle
Afon Seiont
Coed Helen Tunnel
 Bontnewydd
Afon Gwyrfai
Plas Dinas Tunnel
 Pwllheli Road
 Groeslon
 Penygroes
 Nantlle
to quarries

History

A halt named Pwllheli Road existed here on the horse-drawn Nantlle Railway from 1856 to 12 June 1865.[4]From the outset timetables appeared regularly in the "Carnarvon & Denbigh Herald"[10] and in Bradshaw from October 1856.[11] It was obliterated when the standard gauge railway and station were built.[12]

The station opened on 2 September 1867, also as "Pwllheli Road".[6] It was renamed "Llanwnda" in 1877 and closed when the line closed in December 1964.[13][14]

When the Penygroes By-pass was built in 1999/2000 the site of the station was obliterated by a roundabout where the A487 and A499 meet.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dinas
Station open, line closed		   Carnarvonshire Railway   Groeslon
Line and station closed
Bontnewydd
Line and station closed		   Nantlle Railway   Groeslon
Line and station closed

References
  1. Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 37-39 & Map XII.
  2. Johnson 1995, p. 72.
  3. Station history, via Disused Stations
  4. Butt 1995, p. 192.
  5. Mitchell & Smith 2010, Map XII.
  6. Turner 2003, p. 7.
  7. Station history, via Disused Stations
  8. Quick 2009, p. 253.
  9. Jowett 1989, Map 44.
  10. Specimen timetable, North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser 14 May 1859
  11. Example timetable in Bradshaw
  12. Boyd 1990, p. 102.
  13. "Llanwnda station after closure". flickr.
  14. Rear 2012, pp. 53-55.

Sources
  • Boyd, James I.C. (1990) [1972]. Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire, Volume 1: The West. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-273-5. OCLC 650247345.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Johnson, Peter (1995). North Wales (Celebration of Steam). Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-2378-9.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-72-7.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  • Rear, W.G. (2012). Caernarvon & the Lines from Afonwen & Llanberis: 28: Scenes from the Past Railways of North Wales. Nottingham: Book Law Publications. ISBN 978-1-907094-78-1.
  • Turner, Alun (2003). Gwynedd's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-259-9.

Further material
  • Clemens, Jim (2003) [1959-67]. North Wales Steam Lines No. 6 (DVD). Uffington, Shropshire: B&R Video Productions. BRVP No 79.
  • Dunn, J.M. (September 1958). Cooke, B.W.C. (ed.). "The Afonwen Line-1". The Railway Magazine. London: Tothill Press Limited. 104 (689). ISSN 0033-8923.
  • Smith, Martin, ed. (May 2011). "The Nantlle Tramway". Railway Bylines. Vol. 16 no. 6. Clophill, Bedfordshire: Irwell Press. pp. 306–313. ISSN 1360-2098.
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