Plas Halt railway station
Plas Halt is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway in Wales, which was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea.Photo: Markz55, Public domain.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station near Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK, opened 1963 on the Ffestiniog Railway
- Also known as: “Plas Halt”, “Plas Halt Railway Station”, and “Plas Halt Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plas Tan y Bwlch and Tan-y-Bwlch railway station.
Plas Tan y Bwlch
School building
Photo: Arthur C Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plas Tan y Bwlch in Gwynedd, Wales, is a large 19th century house in Snowdonia National Park, North Wales. It is located approximately 6 miles east of the coastal town of Porthmadog, overlooking the valley of the River Dwyryd and the village of Maentwrog. Plas Tan y Bwlch is situated 730 feet south of Plas Halt railway station.
Tan-y-Bwlch railway station
Railway station
Photo: Christian Guthier, CC BY 2.0.
Tan-y-Bwlch railway station is the principal intermediate passenger station on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway, which was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea. Tan-y-Bwlch railway station is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Plas Halt railway station.
The Oakeley Arms Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Markz55, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Oakeley Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed hotel near Maentwrog in North Wales. The original building dates back to the 17th century, and was once part of the nearby Tan-y-Bwlch Estate. The Oakeley Arms Hotel is situated 1,900 feet east of Plas Halt railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tan-y-Bwlch and Rhyd.
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.
Rhyd
Hamlet
Photo: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhyd is a hamlet in the Welsh County of Gwynedd, located on the B4410 road, halfway between Maentwrog and Llanfrothen. Situated on an elevated site within the Snowdonia National Park, the village has views of the Moelwyns, notably Moelwyn Bach.
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 2 miles east of Plas Halt railway station.
Plas Halt railway station
- Category: transportation
- Location: Maentwrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.94815° or 52° 56′ 53″ northLongitude
-4.00308° or 4° 0′ 11″ westElevation
390 feet (119 metres)Operator
Ffestiniog RailwayOpen location code
9C4QWXXW+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 256077877OpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
6953342Wikidata ID
Q7201712
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Plas Halt railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Plas Halt”
- French: “Plas”
- Urdu: “پلاس ہالٹ ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “Arhosfa Plas”
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