Gilfach Ddu (LLR) railway station is an intermediate station on the Llanberis Lake Railway (LLR),[2] located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales.
Gilfach Ddu (LLR) | |
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| Station on heritage railway | |
 Loco Dolbadarn at Gilfach Ddu station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Llanberis, Gwynedd Wales |
| Coordinates | 53°07′21″N 4°06′54″W / 53.122507°N 4.115131°W |
| Grid reference | SH 585 604 |
| Platforms | 1[1] |
| History | |
| Original company | Llanberis Lake Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 28 May 1971 | Opened |
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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 and Cei Llydan on 28 May 1971, being extended northwards to Penllyn (LLR) in 1972.[3] For thirty years Gilfach Ddu 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.[4] 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.[5][6]
The station has one platform.
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways
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Following station | ||
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| Llanberis (LLR) | Llanberis Lake Railway | Cei Llydan | ||
References
edit- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 109-112 & Map XXXII.
- ^ Yonge, Padgett & Szwenk 2013, Map 51F.
- ^ Boyd 1986, pp. 219–222.
- ^ Carrington & Rushworth 1973, Front cover.
- ^ The station and railway, via Llanberis.com
- ^ The station and railway, via YouTube
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.
- 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
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- 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 LLR station and line in Rail Map Online
- Images of the station and line in Yahoo