Dinas railway station
Dinas is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate for trans-shipment to the LNWR.Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Dinas Railway Station” and “Dinas Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Caernarfon Castle and Bontnewydd railway station.
Caernarfon Castle
Caernarfon Castle is a medieval fortress in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The first fortification on the site was a motte-and-bailey castle built in the late 11th century, which King Edward I of England began to replace with the current stone structure in 1283. Caernarfon Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Dinas railway station.Bontnewydd railway station
Railway station
Photo: Cls14, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bontnewydd is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway. The halt was opened on 31 May 1999 on the petition of the villagers of Bontnewydd, and is between Caernarfon and Dinas on the Lôn Eifion cycle route. Bontnewydd railway station is situated 1 mile north of Dinas railway station.
Segontium
Archaeological site
Photo: Rhion, Public domain.
Segontium is a Roman fort on the outskirts of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, North Wales. Segontium is situated 2½ miles north of Dinas railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanwnda and Bontnewydd.
Llanwnda
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanwnda is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, Wales. The community has a population of 1,994 as taken at the 2011 Census. It is situated about 3 miles to the south of Caernarfon, and 5 miles south-west of Llanrug.
Bontnewydd
Village
Photo: Bill Payer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bontnewydd is a small village and community with a population of 1,162 located on the A487 road 1+2⁄3 miles south of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales, close to the river Gwyrfai, 2 miles from its outflow into Foryd Bay.
Groeslon
Village
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Groeslon is a small village in the community of Llandwrog in Gwynedd, Wales. The population was 880 at the 2011 census. Nearby villages are Penygroes, Carmel and Dinas. Groeslon is situated 2 miles south of Dinas railway station.
Dinas railway station
- Categories: former railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Llanwnda, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.10351° or 53° 6′ 13″ northLongitude
-4.27699° or 4° 16′ 37″ westElevation
180 feet (55 metres)Open location code
9C5Q4P3F+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 736929512OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
6952443Wikidata ID
Q5277972
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Dinas railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Dinas”
- French: “Dinas”
- German: “Bahnhof Dinas”
- German: “Dinas station”
- Japanese: “Dinas駅”
- Urdu: “ڈائناس ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Dinas”
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