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]
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.jpg) Llanberis Lake Railway, Llanberis terminus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Llanberis, Gwynedd Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°07′03″N 4°07′10″W / 53.1174°N 4.1194°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grid reference | SH 582 599 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Original company | Llanberis Lake Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 June 2003 | Opened | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Llanberis Lake Railway | Gilfach Ddu (LLR) | ||
| Interchange with Llanberis on the Snowdon Mountain Railway | ||||
References
edit- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photo 100 & Map XXX.
- ^ Yonge, Padgett & Szwenk 2013, Map 51F.
- ^ The station and railway, via Llanberis.com
- ^ The station and railway, via YouTube
- ^ Boyd 1986, pp. 219–222.
- ^ "Llanberis Lake Railway". Great Little Trains of Wales. 2023. Archived from the original on 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Llanberis". 1:25000 map. Ordnance Survey.
- ^ Ordnance Survey, Six Inch map, 1888-1913
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.
- 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 station and line in Rail Map Online
- Images of the station and line in Yahoo