Llanberis railway station

Llanberis
Location
Area	Gwynedd
Coordinates	53°07′08″N 4°07′23″W / 53.1188°N 4.1230°W / 53.1188; -4.1230Coordinates: 53°07′08″N 4°07′23″W / 53.1188°N 4.1230°W / 53.1188; -4.1230
Grid reference	SH 580 600
Operations
Original company	LNWR
Post-grouping	LMSR British Railways
Platforms	1[1]
History
1 July 1869	Opened[2]
22 September 1930	Closed to regular passenger services[3][4]
7 September 1962	Excursion traffic ceased
7 September 1964	Closed completely[5]
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Carnarvonshire Railway
Legend
Bangor and Carnarvon Railway to Bangor Caernarvon Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway Caernarfon(WHR) Quay Sidings Caernarvon (Morfa) Carnarvon (Pant) Pont Rug 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 and Welsh Coast Railway to Pwllheli Afon Wen Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway to Porthmadog

Llanberis railway station was located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales.^[6] It opened 1 July 1869. The station closed for regular passenger services in 1930 but was still used by summer excursion trains^[7] until 7 September 1962 and freight services until 3 September 1964.^[8][9]

The last fare-paying passenger service was an enthusiasts' special on 20 October 1964.^[10][11]

An engine shed stood between the goods yard and the 42' turntable beyond the end of the platform.^[12] From 1948 to 1962 some excursion trains used an observation car which was turned round on the turntable so occupants always had an open view.^[13] The shed closed around 1915 and had been demolished by 1919. The goods yard was the last part of the working railway to close.

The station had a ticket platform at its northern end.^[14][15] A camping coach was sited opposite it for many years.^[16]

The line was lifted in 1965.^[17] The station site and most of the track bed as far as Cwm-y-Glo are now occupied by the improved A4086, which by-passes the centre of Llanberis. In 2015 the original station building was in use as a craft shop.^[8]

References

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Green, C.C. (1996) [1983]. North Wales Branch Line Album. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0 7110 1252 0. 
• Griffiths, Roger; Smith, Paul (1999). The Directory of British Engine Sheds and Principal Locomotive Servicing Points: 1 Southern England, the Midlands, East Anglia and Wales. OPC Railprint. ISBN 0-86093-542-6. OCLC 59458015. 
• Johnson, Peter (1995). North Wales (Celebration of Steam). Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2378-6. 
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Kneale, E.N. (1980). North Wales Steam, 1927-68. Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0 86093 074 2. 
• 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 and 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 9 781907 094781. 
• Rear, W.G. (1979). London Midland steam in North Wales. Truro: D Bradford Barton Ltd. ISBN 0 85153 225 X. 
• Shannon, Paul; Hillmer, John (1999). North Wales (British Railways Past & Present) Part 2. Kettering: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85895-163-1. No 36. 
• Turner, Alun (2003). Gwynedd's Lost Railways. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 9781840332599. 

Further reading

• Kneale, E.N. (1986). North Wales Steam: v. 2. Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0 86093 305 9. 

External links

• "Llanberis in its heyday". Archive Images. 
• "The station on a navigable Edwardian 6" OS Map". National Library of Scotland. 
• "The station and line". Rail Map Online. 
• "The station and line CLS with mileages". Railway Codes. 
• "Images of Llanberis station(s)". Yahoo. 
• "The station with photos". History Points. 
• "The locoshed at Llanberis LNWR station". Caernarvonshire Archives. 
• "Llanberis LNWR station". Caernarvonshire Archives. 
• "LNWR station". N W Rail. 
• "The station and line". Rail Chronology. 
• "The station and line". Signalling Record Society. 
• "5 May 1957 railtour including the line". Manchester Railway Society. 
• "5 May 1957 railtour record". Six Bells Junction.