Campbell’s Platform railway station
Campbell's Platform is a private, unstaffed halt on the Welsh narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway. The railway was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea.Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Campbell’s Platform Railway Station” and “Campbell’s Platform Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dduallt railway station and Llyn y Garnedd.
Dduallt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Markz55, Public domain.
Dduallt railway station is a passenger station on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway in northwest Wales, which was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea. Dduallt railway station is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Campbell’s Platform railway station.
Coed Cymerau National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Coed Cymerau National Nature Reserve is a wooded area of approximately 26 hectares on the north side of the Vale of Ffestiniog through which the River Goedol runs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tan-y-Bwlch and Gellilydan.
Tan-y-Bwlch
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tan-y-Bwlch lies in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales and is primarily known as the location of Tan-y-Bwlch railway station, on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway.
Gellilydan
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gellilydan is a village in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, in Maentwrog community. It lies 4 miles south-south-east of Blaenau Ffestiniog and 1.2 miles north of Llyn Trawsfynydd and the disused Trawsfynydd nuclear power station. Gellilydan is situated 1½ miles southeast of Campbell’s Platform railway station.
Llan Ffestiniog
Village
Photo: Barry Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llan Ffestiniog, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan, is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, about 2 miles south of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Llan Ffestiniog is the older of the two communities, with its church and other buildings predating most of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Llan Ffestiniog is situated 2 miles east of Campbell’s Platform railway station.
Campbell’s Platform railway station
- Category: transportation
- Location: Maentwrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.95787° or 52° 57′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.97652° or 3° 58′ 36″ westElevation
522 feet (159 metres)Operator
Ffestiniog RailwayOpen location code
9C4RX25F+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 256077918OpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
6952221Wikidata ID
Q5027964
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Campbell’s Platform railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Campbell’s Platform”
- French: “Campbell’s Platform”
- Urdu: “کیمبلز پلیٹ فارم ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “Gorsef Reilffordd Campbell’s Platform”
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Nearby Places
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