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Betws Garmon

Waunfawr railway station

Waunfawr 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 to on the London and North Western Railway.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Waunfawr, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Waunfawr Railway Station” and “Waunfawr Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Garmon’s Church and Tryfan Junction railway station.

Church
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1 mile southeast of Waunfawr railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tryfan Junction is a junction station on the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways for the main line and the Bryngwyn Branch. Opened in 1877, it closed in 1936 and the building fell into ruin. It was reopened as a request stop in 2011, and the station renovated. is situated 1½ miles west of Waunfawr railway station.

Peak
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
is a mountain in , , that is situated approximately 3 miles north-west of itself. It has two subsidiary tops, and Foel Goch. is situated 2 miles east of Waunfawr railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waunfawr and Rhosgadfan.

Village
Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and community, 6 kilometres SE of , near the , , in .

Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the county of , formerly part of the historic county of , and within the community of . It is notable as the birthplace of Kate Roberts, one of the greatest Welsh-language writers of the 20th century; her childhood home is now a museum. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Waunfawr railway station.

Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village situated on the A4085 road between and in , northwest . It is approximately 2 km from Caernarfon and 1.5 km from Waunfawr, and is part of the community of Waunfawr. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Waunfawr railway station.

Waunfawr railway station

Latitude
53.10635° or 53° 6′ 23″ north
Longitude
-4.20165° or 4° 12′ 6″ west
Elevation
413 feet (126 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q4Q4X+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 46889287
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
6953829
Wiki­data ID
Q7975200
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Waunfawr railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Waunfawr”
  • French: “Waunfawr”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Waunfawr”

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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 “Waunfawr railway station”. Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.