Snowdon Ranger railway station
Snowdon Ranger is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1878 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking, to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the LNWR.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Vanoord, Public domain.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Snowdon Ranger Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Llyn Cwellyn and Foel Gron.
Llyn Cwellyn
Reservoir
Photo: Velela, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Llyn Cwellyn is a reservoir in North Wales which supplies drinking water to parts of Gwynedd and Anglesey. It lies on Afon Gwyrfai in Nant y Betws between Moel Eilio and Mynydd Mawr in the northern part of Snowdonia National Park.
Foel Gron
Peak
Photo: Terry Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foel Gron is a peak on the Moel Eilio ridge of hills/mountains in Snowdonia, North Wales. This ridge is used as a hiker's route from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon.
Plas-y-Nant railway station
Railway station
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
Plas-y-Nant is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway. Plas-y-Nant railway station is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Snowdon Ranger railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhyd Ddu and Llanberis.
Rhyd Ddu
Rhyd-ddu is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon, Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 between Beddgelert and Caernarfon, at its junction with the B4418 to Nantlle and Penygroes. Rhyd Ddu railway station is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.
Llanberis
Photo: Hefin Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.
Nant Peris
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nant Peris is a village, which is situated 3½ miles northeast of Snowdon Ranger railway station.
Snowdon Ranger railway station
- Category: transportation
- Location: Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.07379° or 53° 4′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.14343° or 4° 8′ 36″ westElevation
531 feet (162 metres)Open location code
9C5Q3VF4+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 71447279OpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Snowdon Ranger railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Snowdon Ranger”
- French: “Snowdon Ranger”
- Welsh: “Gorsef Reilffordd Snowdon Ranger”
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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 “Snowdon Ranger railway station”. Photo: Vanoord, Public domain.