Gilfach Ddu railway station

Gilfach Ddu (LLR)
Loco Dolbadarn at Gilfach Ddu station
Location
Place Llanberis
Area Gwynedd
Coordinates 53°07′03″N 4°07′10″W / 53.1174°N 4.1194°W / 53.1174; -4.1194Coordinates: 53°07′03″N 4°07′10″W / 53.1174°N 4.1194°W / 53.1174; -4.1194
Grid reference SH 582 599
Operations
Original company Llanberis Lake Railway
Platforms 1[1]
History
28 May 1971 Opened
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Gilfach Ddu (LLR) railway station is an intermediate station on the Llanberis Lake Railway (LLR),[2] located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales.

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 (LLR) in 1972.[3] 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.[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 Following station
Llanberis (LLR)   Llanberis Lake Railway   Cei Llydan

References

  1. ↑ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 109-112 & Map XXXII.
  2. ↑ Yonge, Padgett & Szwenk 2013, Map 51F.
  3. ↑ Boyd 1986, pp. 219-222.
  4. ↑ Carrington & Rushworth 1973, Front cover.
  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.
  • 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.
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