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Summit railway station

The Summit railway station is the southern, upper terminus of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, located within yards of the summit of . In 2009 a new station building was opened, which was named Hafod Eryri.
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Photo: David Leach, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: station on Snowdon Mountain Railway, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Summit” and “Summit (SMR) railway station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Snowdon and Garnedd Ugain.

Peak
Photo: Gdr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, or Yr Wyddfa, is a mountain in in . It has an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level, which makes it both the highest mountain in and the highest in the south of the .

Peak
Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, the summit of Crib-y-Ddysgl ridge, is a pyramidal mountain in that forms part of the Snowdon Massif. It is the second-highest peak in Wales and lies just under one kilometre north of the summit of itself.

Lake
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nant Peris and Rhyd Ddu.

Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ miles north of Summit railway station.

Photo: nov03, CC BY 2.0.
is a small village in , which is a starting point for walks up , , and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 between and , at its junction with the B4418 to and . is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and .

Locality
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a cirque in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern , the national park in the mountainous region of . Its main interest is to hill walkers and rock climbers, but it is also of interest to geologists and naturalists, given its combination of altitude, aspect and terrain. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Summit railway station.

Summit railway station

Latitude
53.06844° or 53° 4′ 6″ north
Longitude
-4.07684° or 4° 4′ 37″ west
Elevation
3,392 feet (1,034 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q3W9F+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2523735999
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
7671132
Wiki­data ID
Q28197585
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In Other Languages

From French to Welsh—“Summit railway station” goes by many names.
  • French: “Sommet”
  • Japanese: “サミット駅”
  • Japanese: “山頂駅”
  • Welsh: “Gorsef Reilffordd Y Copa (SMR)”
  • Welsh: “Y Copa”

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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 “Summit railway station”. Photo: David Leach, CC BY-SA 2.0.