Padarn Halt railway station

Padarn Halt
Location
Place Llanberis
Area Gwynedd
Coordinates 53°07′18″N 4°07′37″W / 53.1218°N 4.1270°W / 53.1218; -4.1270Coordinates: 53°07′18″N 4°07′37″W / 53.1218°N 4.1270°W / 53.1218; -4.1270
Grid reference SH 577 604
Operations
Original company LMSR
Platforms 1[1]
History
21 November 1936 Opened[2][3]
12 September 1939 Closed[4][5]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Padarn Halt was a passenger only railway station located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales, on the western shore of Llyn Padarn. It opened on 21 November 1936 and closed on the outbreak of the Second World War. The line through the station remained in use for excursions until 1962 and for freight until 1964; it was lifted in 1965.

The LMSR closed the Llanberis branch to regular passenger services in 1930, though frequent Summer excursions continued to run. In 1934 the company reinstated a regular Saturdays only train specifically to serve Caernarfon market. In may parts of Britain "Market Trains" were an established part of local commerce and social life in a way which has passed into history. Llanberis station was not in the centre of Llanberis, so the company built the halt half a mile from the terminus specifically for this market traffic. The halt opened on 21 November 1936, from which time the market trains used the halt instead of Llanberis station. The halt consisted of an unlit single wooden platform on trestles, with a very small wooden waiting shelter at its southern end. It was accessed by a gravel footpath which continued over the tracks to the lakeside by a foot crossing.

The 1939 Working timetable shows that some excursions made unadvertised stops at the halt.[6]

The track bed from Llanberis through the site of the halt as far as Cwm-y-Glo is now occupied by the improved A4086, which by-passes the centre of Llanberis. No trace of the station remains.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Cwm-y-Glo
Line and station closed		   Carnarvonshire Railway
Llanberis Branch		   Llanberis
Line and station closed

References

  1. ↑ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photo 99 & 100 and Map XXIV.
  2. ↑ Turner 2003, p. 14.
  3. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 180.
  4. ↑ Station history, via Disused Stations
  5. ↑ Quick 2009, p. 303.
  6. ↑ The station and line's Summer 1939 Working Timetable, via Rail Chronology

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