Llanwnda railway station

Llanwnda railway station served the village of Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales.[9]

Llanwnda
Location	Llanwnda, Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	53.0948°N 4.2822°W
Grid reference	SH 472 576
Platforms	1[1][2]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Carnarvonshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
2 September 1867[3]	Opened as "Pwllheli Road"[4]
14 September 1877	Renamed Llanwnda[5][6]
7 December 1964[7][6]	Closed completely[8]

Nantlle Railway
Caernarfon Castle Carnarvon Harbour Carnarvon Castle Afon Seiont Coed Helen Tunnel Bontnewydd Afon Gwyrfai Plas Dinas Tunnel Pwllheli Road Groeslon Penygroes Nantlle to quarries

Carnarvonshire Railway
Bangor and Carnarvon Railway to Bangor Caernarvon Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway Caernarfon (WHR) Quay Sidings Caernarvon (Morfa) Carnarvon (Pant) Pont Rug Pontrhythallt Bontnewydd (WHR) Cwm-y-Glo Llanberis Tunnel Glynrhonwy Quarries Padarn Halt Llanberis Dinas Junction Welsh Highland Railway Llanwnda Groeslon Penygroes Nantlle Branch Junction Nantlle Summit Pant Glas Brynkir Ynys Llangybi Chwilog Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway to Pwllheli Afon Wen Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway to Porthmadog

History

A halt named Pwllheli Road existed here on the horse-drawn Nantlle Railway from 1856 to 12 June 1865.[4]From the outset timetables appeared regularly in the "Carnarvon & Denbigh Herald"[10] and in Bradshaw from October 1856.[11] It was obliterated when the standard gauge railway and station were built.[12]

The station opened on 2 September 1867, also as "Pwllheli Road".[6] It was renamed "Llanwnda" in 1877 and closed when the line closed in December 1964.[13][14]

When the Penygroes By-pass was built in 1999/2000 the site of the station was obliterated by a roundabout where the A487 and A499 meet.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Dinas Station open, line closed		Carnarvonshire Railway		Groeslon Line and station closed
Bontnewydd Line and station closed		Nantlle Railway		Groeslon Line and station closed

References

1. Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 37-39 & Map XII.
2. Johnson 1995, p. 72.
3. Station history, via Disused Stations
4. Butt 1995, p. 192.
5. Mitchell & Smith 2010, Map XII.
6. Turner 2003, p. 7.
7. Station history, via Disused Stations
8. Quick 2009, p. 253.
9. Jowett 1989, Map 44.
10. Specimen timetable, North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser 14 May 1859
11. Example timetable in Bradshaw
12. Boyd 1990, p. 102.
13. "Llanwnda station after closure". flickr.
14. Rear 2012, pp. 53-55.

Sources

• Boyd, James I.C. (1990) [1972]. Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire, Volume 1: The West. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-273-5. OCLC 650247345.
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Johnson, Peter (1995). North Wales (Celebration of Steam). Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-2378-9.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-72-7.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
• Rear, W.G. (2012). Caernarvon & the Lines from Afonwen & Llanberis: 28: Scenes from the Past Railways of North Wales. Nottingham: Book Law Publications. ISBN 978-1-907094-78-1.
• Turner, Alun (2003). Gwynedd's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-259-9.

Further material

• Clemens, Jim (2003) [1959-67]. North Wales Steam Lines No. 6 (DVD). Uffington, Shropshire: B&R Video Productions. BRVP No 79.
• Dunn, J.M. (September 1958). Cooke, B.W.C. (ed.). "The Afonwen Line-1". The Railway Magazine. London: Tothill Press Limited. 104 (689). ISSN 0033-8923.
• Smith, Martin, ed. (May 2011). "The Nantlle Tramway". Railway Bylines. Vol. 16 no. 6. Clophill, Bedfordshire: Irwell Press. pp. 306–313. ISSN 1360-2098.

External links

• The station site on a navigable OS Map, via National Library of Scotland
• The station and line, via Rail Map Online
• The line CNV with mileages, via Railway Codes
• Images of the station, via Yahoo
• The station, via flickr
• The station and line, via LNWR Society
• By DMU from Pwllheli to Amlwch, via Huntley Archives