Cwm-y-Glo railway station

Cwm-y-Glo
Location of the station (1986)
General information
Location	Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	53°08′19″N4°09′40″W / 53.1385°N 4.1610°W / 53.1385; -4.1610
Grid reference	SH 555 623
Platforms	1 [1] [2] [3]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1869	Opened [4]
22 September 1930	Closed to regular passenger traffic [5] [6]
September 1962	Excursions ceased
Location

v t e Carnarvonshire Railway
Legend
Bangor and Carnarvon Railway to Bangor Caernarvon Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway Caernarfon (WHR) Quay sidings Caernarvon (Morfa) Carnarvon (Pant) Pont Rug Halt Pontrhythallt Bontnewydd (WHR) Cwm-y-Glo Llanberis Tunnel Glynrhonwy Quarries Padarn Halt Llanberis Dinas Junction Welsh Highland Railway Llanwnda Groeslon Penygroes Nantlle Branch Junction Nantlle summit Pant Glas Brynkir Ynys Llangybi Chwilog Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly to Pwllheli Afon Wen Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly to Porthmadog

Cwm-y-Glo railway station served the village of Cwm-y-glo, Gwynedd, Wales, at the north-west end of Llyn Padarn. ^[7] The station was closed for regular passenger services in 1930 but trains passed through until September 1964. ^{[8] [9]}

The station lay on the nine mile LNWR branch line between Caernarfon and Llanberis which was established by the Caernarvon and Llanberis Railway Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. clxxxvi).

The summer 1939 working timetable shows that some excursions made unadvertised stops at the station. ^[10]

The station was demolished in the 1970s when the realigned A4086 was built along the trackbed. ^[11] A public house called the Railway Inn is all that remains of the station as was, this pub is now known as Y Fricsan.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Pontrhythallt Line and station closed		Carnarvonshire Railway Llanberis Branch		Padarn Halt Line and station closed

References

1. Turner 2003, p. 14.
2. Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photo 96 & 97 & Map XXVII.
3. Rear 2012, p. 65.
4. Quick 2009, p. 142.
5. Butt 1995, p. 75.
6. Station history, via Disused Stations
7. Jowett 1989, Map 44.
8. Rear 1979, p. 87.
9. Kneale 1980, Plate 127.
10. The station and line's Summer 1939 Working Timetable, via Rail Chronology
11. Rear 2003, p. 192.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL   11956311M.
• 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.
• Kneale, E.N. (1980). North Wales Steam, 1927–68. Poole: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN   978-0-86093-074-7.
• 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 & 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.
• Rear, W.G. (2003). From Chester to Holyhead : The Branch Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN   978-0-86093-569-8.
• Rear, W.G. (1979). London Midland steam in North Wales. Truro: D Bradford Barton Ltd. ISBN   978-0-85153-225-7.
• Turner, Alun (2003). Gwynedd's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84033-259-9.

Further material

• Kneale, E.N. (1986). North Wales Steam: v. 2. Poole: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN   978-0-86093-305-2.

External links

• The station on a navigable OS Map in National Library of Scotland
• The station and line in Rail Map Online
• The station and line in Rail Chronology