North Wales
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Penychain railway station

Penychain railway station, commonly known by its former name, Butlins Penychain railway station, is located by an over bridge at Pen-ychain on the in , Wales.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Butlins Penychain”, “Butlins Penychain railway station”, “Penychain”, “Penychain Railway Station”, and “PNC”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abererch railway station and Pennarth Fawr.

Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located at a level crossing on the minor road from the beach to the village of on the in , Wales. is situated 1½ miles west of Penychain railway station.

House
Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penarth Fawr is a hall house in the community of , , Wales. The west wing of Penarth Fawr is significant as a surviving example of a medieval hall house. is situated 1 mile northwest of Penychain railway station.

Hospital
is a health facility in , , . It is managed by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. is situated 2½ miles west of Penychain railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chwilog and Llanarmon.

Village
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is a village in , north Wales, and located on the . It is in the community of , near , and in the medieval commote of Eifionydd, named after a 5th-century ruler.

Village
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is a small village and former civil parish in the old commote of Eifionydd and Cantref Dunoding in the county of . The parish was abolished in 1934 and incorporated into . is situated 2 miles north of Penychain railway station.

Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aber-erch is a small village and former civil parish on the in the county of Gwynedd. The village lies approximately 1 mile east of . is situated 2 miles west of Penychain railway station.

Penychain railway station

Latitude
52.9029° or 52° 54′ 10″ north
Longitude
-4.33835° or 4° 20′ 18″ west
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Operator
Transport for Wales Rail
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“BPC”
Open location code
9C4QWM36+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 49320107
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
6953330
Wiki­data ID
Q2213270
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Penychain railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Penychain”
  • Dutch: “Station Penychain”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة پينيتشاين”
  • French: “gare de Penychain”
  • French: “Penychain”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Penychain”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Penychain railway station”. Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.