Penllyn railway station (Wales)
Penllyn | |
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| Station on heritage railway | |
.jpg) Warning sign at Penllyn terminus | |
| General information | |
| Location | Llanberis, Gwynedd Wales |
| Coordinates | 53°08′20″N 4°09′12″W / 53.1390°N 4.1533°W |
| Grid reference | SH 560 623 |
| Platforms | 0 |
| History | |
| Original company | Llanberis Lake Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 10 June 1972[1] | Opened |
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Penllyn (LLR) railway station is the northern terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway (LLR),[2] located near Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. The station has no platform, but passengers are allowed to alight.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5][6]
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cei Llydan | Llanberis Lake Railway | Terminus | ||
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- 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.
External links
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- The station and line in Llanberis Lake Railway
- Edwardian 6" map showing the future station site, overlain with modern satellite images and maps in National Library of Scotland
- The station and line in Rail Map Online
- Images of the station and line in Yahoo
