Penllyn railway station
Penllyn railway station is the northern terminus of the Llanberis Lake Railway, located near Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. The station has no platform, but passengers are allowed to alight.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Llanberis, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Penllyn” and “Penllyn (LLR) railway station”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cei Llydan railway station and Glynrhonwy quarries.
Cei Llydan railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cei Llydan is an intermediate railway station on the Llanberis Lake Railway, located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales. Most of the LLR was laid around 1970 on part of the trackbed of the closed and lifted Padarn Railway. Cei Llydan railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Penllyn railway station.
Glynrhonwy quarries
Quarry
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Glynrhonwy quarries were two adjacent quarries in the Glynrhonwy area, north-west of Llanberis, in Carnarvonshire, Wales. They were: The quarries operated internal railways of 2 ft gauge and were served by Glynrhonwy Siding off the LNWR's Caernarfon to Llanberis branch. Glynrhonwy quarries is situated 1 mile south of Penllyn railway station.
Deiniolen Library
Library
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deiniolen Library is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Penllyn railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brynrefail and Cwm-y-glo.
Brynrefail
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brynrefail is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales. The village is in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd UK constituency and the Gwynedd Council Ward of Penisa'r Waun.
Cwm-y-glo
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwm-y-glo is a small village in Wales, 4+1⁄2 miles east of Caernarfon, between Llanberis and Llanrug. It is in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd UK constituency, the community of Llanrug, and the Gwynedd Council electoral ward.
Clwt-y-bont
Hamlet
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clwt-y-bont is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, lying just to the south of Deiniolen. The two villages form one urban unit. Both were built in the early 19th century to house workers in the Dinorwig slate quarry, and both suffered when the quarry was closed in 1969.
Penllyn railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.1371° or 53° 8′ 14″ northLongitude
-4.14956° or 4° 8′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C5Q4VP2+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1111955507OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q28197592
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Penllyn railway station” goes by many names.
- French: “Penllyn (LLR)”
- Japanese: “ペンシン駅”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Penllyn”
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