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Llanberis Lake Railway |
LL55 4TY Llanberis Caernarfon, Great Britain (UK) (Wales) |
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Gilfach Ddu
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| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Museum typ
Mine- & Parc Railways
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Opening times
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see timetable at lake-railway web-site | ||||
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Status from 10/2013
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We don't know the fees. | ||||
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| Homepage | www.lake-railway.co.uk | ||||
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| Location / Directions |
Just off the A4086 Caernarfon - Capel Curig road. The approach road to the railway is clearly signposted off the main road at the south end of Llanberis, almost opposite the Snowdon Railway station. Most passengers begin their journey at either Gilfach Ddu station. (see Google map) CarMotorists are advised to drive down to Padarn and board the train at our main station, Gilfach Ddu, as there is much more room to park here than in the village, which may be congested.BusAsk for Dol y Goeden Interchange which is directly outside our Llanberis station (or 10 min walk to Gilfach Ddu) 85 Bangor (hourly, 2 hourly Sundays) 86 Bangor (2 hourly, no Sunday service) 88 Caernarfon (half hourly, mostly hourly Sundays) S1 Snowdon Sherpa from Pen y Pass (hourly) - with easy connections (S97 route) to Betws y Coed, Beddgelert and Porthmadog S2 Betws y Coed to Pen y Pass runs in summer months - check below for details. Bus timetables subject to change. Check all bus details HERE.TrainBangor (12 miles), buses 85 and 86 stop at the station Porthmadog (22 miles), Snowdon Sherpa bus S97 stops at the station, change to S1 at Pen y Pass Betws y Coed (15 miles), Snowdon Sherpa bus S97 starts from the station, change to S1 at Pen y Pass. |
| Description | The Llanberis Lake Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Llyn Padarn) is a narrow gauge heritage railway that runs for 2.5 miles (4 km) along the northern shore of Llyn Padarn in north Wales in the Snowdonia National Park. The starting point is the town of Llanberis at the eastern end of the lake (Llanberis station), with the western terminus at Pen Llyn in the Padarn Country Park (Penllyn station). The return journey takes around 45 minutes.
In June 2003 the railway was extended to the town of Llanberis, with a new station close to the start of the Snowdon Mountain Railway . The original terminus at Gilfach Ddu is now a through station serving both the National Slate Museum and the nearby Dolbadarn Castle. On the return journey from Pen Llyn, passengers may stop off at the Cei Llydan station for a picnic and a chance to enjoy the magnificent views of the Snowdonian mountains above Llanberis Pass. OperationsThe railway uses three steam locomotives (“Elidir“, “Dolbadarn” and “Thomas Bach”) all of which ran on the internal 1 ft 10 3⁄4 in (578 mm) gauge lines of the Dinorwic Quarry. There are also several diesel locomotives which are used for works trains and when the steam locomotives are unavailable for passenger trains.When the Quarry closed down in 1969 the lakeside section of the trackbed was utilised for the current Llanberis Lake Railway, originally running from the National Slate Museum at Gilfach Ddu to Pen Llyn. Gilfach Ddu was the main engineering workshop of the Dinorwic Quarry and provided repair facilities for all of the steam locomotives of the quarry system. |
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