Penllyn railway station (Wales)

Penllyn
Station on heritage railway
Warning sign at Penllyn terminus
General information
Location	Llanberis, Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	53°08′20″N4°09′12″W / 53.1390°N 4.1533°W / 53.1390; -4.1533
Grid reference	SH 560 623
Platforms	0
History
Original company	Llanberis Lake Railway
Key dates
10 June 1972 [1]	Opened

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

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			Following station
Terminus		Llanberis Lake Railway		Cei Llydan towards Llanberis

References

1. Carrington & Rushworth 1973, p. 58.
2. Yonge, Padgett & Szwenk 2013, Map 51F.
3. "Journey | Llanberis Lake Railway".
4. Boyd 1986, pp. 219–222.
5. The station and railway, via Llanberis.com
6. 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.

External links

• 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