Penllyn railway station (Wales)

Penllyn (LLR) railway station is the northern terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway (LLR),[2] located near Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. The station has no platforms and passengers are not allowed to board or alight.

Penllyn
Station on heritage railway
Warning sign at Penllyn terminus
LocationLlanberis, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates53.1390°N 4.1533°W / 53.1390; -4.1533
Grid referenceSH 560 623
Platforms0
History
Original companyLlanberis Lake Railway
Key dates
10 June 1972[1]Opened
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 part of 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 in 1972, changing Cei Llydan from a terminus to a through station.[3] For thirty years Gilfach Ddu (LLR) was the new line's southern terminus, 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. With this extension Gilfach Ddu (LLR) changed from a terminus to a through station.

Penllyn (LLR) is situated a short distance south of the site of the former Padarn Railway Pen-y-Llyn workmen's station.

The line and station primarily serve tourists and railway enthusiasts.[4][5]

Preceding station   Heritage railways Following station
Cei Llydan   Llanberis Lake Railway   Terminus

References
  1. Carrington & Rushworth 1973, p. 58.
  2. Yonge, Padgett & Szwenk 2013, Map 51F.
  3. Boyd 1986, pp. 219-222.
  4. The station and railway, via Llanberis.com
  5. The station and railway, via YouTube

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.
  • Carrington, D.C.; Rushworth, T.F. (1973). Slates to Velinheli : The Railways and Tramways of Dinorwic Slate Quarries Llanberis. Bury: Maid Marian Locomotive Fund. OCLC 931344595.
  • 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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