North Wales
Conwy
Llandudno

Summit Station

The Great Orme Tramway is a cable-hauled 3 ft 6 in gauge tramway in in north . Open seasonally from late March to late October, it takes over 200,000 passengers each year from Llandudno Victoria Station to just below the summit of the headland.
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Photo: Ian1000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Aerial lift
  • Description: Cable tramway in North Wales
  • Also known as: “Great Orme Tramway”, “Great Orme Tramway, Summit Station”, and “Tramffordd y Gogarth”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Orme and Great Orme Visitor Centre.

Peak
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
The is a limestone headland on the , north-west of the town of . Referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd by the 12th-century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr, its English name derives from the Old Norse word for sea serpent.

Museum
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a museum, which is situated 400 feet southwest of Summit Station.

Tram stop
Photo: Richard Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a tram terminus situated on the Great Orme Tramway at the summit of the in , . The Great Orme Tramway is a funicular, which connects the summit with a lower terminus at Victoria in the centre of . is situated 430 feet southwest of Summit Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Craig-y-Don and Llanrhos.

Suburb
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb of , a coastal seaside resort in Conwy county borough, north . It is also an electoral ward to Conwy County Borough Council and Llandudno Town Council. It is also part of the parish of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Summit Station.

Village
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the community of , in , Wales. The village lies between the towns of Conwy and . was a civil parish from 1894 until 1974. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Summit Station.

Village
Photo: Ian Dalgliesh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and electoral ward in the community of in in . It lies in the Creuddyn Peninsula alongside and . is situated 2½ miles south of Summit Station.

Summit Station

Latitude
53.3328° or 53° 19′ 58″ north
Longitude
-3.8529° or 3° 51′ 11″ west
Elevation
643 feet (196 metres)
Open location code
9C5R84MW+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 56195795
Open­Street­Map feature
aerialway=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Geo­Names ID
7676753
Wiki­data ID
Q1412842
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Summit Station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Great Orme Tramway”
  • French: “Great Orme Tramway”
  • German: “Great Orme Tramway”
  • Polish: “Tramwaje w Llandudno”
  • Spanish: “Great Orme Tramway”
  • Swedish: “Great Orme Tramway”
  • Swedish: “Tramffordd y Gogarth”
  • Welsh: “Tramffordd y Gogarth”

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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 Station”. Photo: Ian1000, CC BY-SA 3.0.