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.

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

Photo: RICHARD OUTRAM, CC BY 2.0.

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 4 miles north of Beddgelert, 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 division in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern shore of Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.