Gilfach Ddu railway station

Gilfach Ddu (LLR) railway station is an intermediate station on the Llanberis Lake Railway (LLR),[2] located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales.

Gilfach Ddu (LLR)
Loco Dolbadarn at Gilfach Ddu station
Location
Place	Llanberis
Area	Gwynedd
Coordinates	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
Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom
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Llanberis Lake Railway
Padarn Railway Pen-y-Llyn (PR) Penllyn Passing loop Cei Llydan Gilfach Ddu (PR) Gilfach Ddu Dinorwic quarry Afon Rhythallt Llanberis (LLR) Llanberis (LNWR) Llanberis (SMR) Snowdon Mountain Railway Carnarvonshire Railway

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-72-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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

• 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