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 and Cei Llydan on 28 May 1971, being extended northwards to Penllyn (LLR) in 1972.[3] For thirty years Gilfach Ddu 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
^Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 109-112 & Map XXXII.
^Yonge, Padgett & Szwenk 2013, Map 51F.
^Boyd 1986, pp. 219–222.
^Carrington & Rushworth 1973, Front cover.
^The station and railway, via Llanberis.com
^The station and railway, via YouTube
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