Penllyn | |
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Warning sign at Penllyn terminus
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Location | |
Place | Llanberis |
Area | Gwynedd |
Coordinates | 53°08′20″N 4°09′12″W / 53.1390°N 4.1533°WCoordinates: 53°08′20″N 4°09′12″W / 53.1390°N 4.1533°W |
Grid reference | SH 560 623 |
Operations | |
Original company | Llanberis Lake Railway |
Platforms | 0 |
History | |
10 June 1972 | Opened |
Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom | |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
Penllyn (LLR) railway station is the northern terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway (LLR), located near 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 in 1972, changing Cei Llydan from a terminus to a through station. 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. 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.
Penllyn (LLR) is situated a short distance south of the site of the former Padarn Railway Pen-y-Llyn workmen's station.
The line and station primarily serve tourists and railway enthusiasts.
The station has no platforms; it is a terminus where passengers are not allowed to board or alight.