Llanberis railway station (Llanberis Lake Railway)

Llanberis (LLR)
Station on heritage railway
Llanberis Lake Railway, Llanberis terminus
General information
Location	Llanberis, Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	53°07′03″N4°07′10″W / 53.1174°N 4.1194°W / 53.1174; -4.1194
Grid reference	SH 582 599
Platforms	1 [1]
History
Original company	Llanberis Lake Railway
Key dates
6 June 2003	Opened
Route map Legend Carnarvon & Llanberis Rly to Caernarfon Padarn Railway Llanberis Lake Railway to Penllyn Llanberis (LNWR) National Slate Museum Llanberis (LLR) Llanberis (SMR) Dinorwic quarry (closed) Snowdon Mountain Rly to Summit

v t e Llanberis Lake Railway
Legend
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

Llanberis (LLR) railway station is the southern terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway (LLR), ^[2] located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. The line and station primarily serve tourists and railway enthusiasts. ^{[3] [4]}

Most of the LLR was laid around 1970 on 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. ^[5] For thirty years the new line's southern terminus was Gilfach Ddu (LLR), 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. ^[6]

The single platform station stands opposite Llanberis (SMR) station, the lower terminus of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, ^[7] and not far from the site of the long-closed Llanberis standard gauge station. ^[8]

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Gilfach Ddu towards Penllyn		Llanberis Lake Railway		Terminus
Change for the Snowdon Mountain Railway at Llanberis (SMR), on the other side of the A4086 road

References

1. Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photo 100 & Map XXX.
2. Yonge, Padgett & Szwenk 2013, Map 51F.
3. The station and railway, via Llanberis.com
4. The station and railway, via YouTube
5. Boyd 1986, pp. 219–222.
6. "Llanberis Lake Railway". Great Little Trains of Wales. 2023. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
7. "Llanberis". 1:25000 map. Ordnance Survey.
8. Ordnance Survey, Six Inch map, 1888-1913

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.
• 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.

External links

• The station and line in Llanberis Lake Railway
• Edwardian 6" map showing the 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