Cei Llydan railway station

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Cei Llydan
Station on heritage railway
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Loco Elidir at Cei Llydan station
General information
Location Llanberis, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates 53°07′51″N4°07′55″W / 53.1307°N 4.1320°W / 53.1307; -4.1320
Grid reference SH 574 614
Platforms1 [1]
History
Original company Llanberis Lake Railway
Key dates
28 May 1971Opened
Llanberis Lake Railway
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Pen-y-Llyn
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Penllyn
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Cei Llydan
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Gilfach Ddu
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Gilfach Ddu
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Llanberis
(LLR)
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Llanberis
(LNWR)
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Llanberis
(SMR)
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Cei Llydan is an intermediate railway station on the Llanberis Lake Railway (LLR), [2] located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. [3]

Contents

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 (LLR) 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.

The line and station primarily serve tourists and railway enthusiasts, with Cei Llydan recommended for picnics and viewing the scenery. [5] [6]

The station has one platform.

Preceding station HR icon.svg Heritage railways Following station
Penllyn
Terminus
Llanberis Lake Railway Gilfach Ddu
towards Llanberis

References

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.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN   978-1-906008-72-7.
  • 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.