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Coordinates: 53°08′19″N 4°09′40″W / 53.1385°N 4.1610°W / 53.1385; -4.1610
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Cwm-y-Glo
Location of the station (1986)
General information
LocationGwynedd
Wales
Coordinates53°08′19″N 4°09′40″W / 53.1385°N 4.1610°W / 53.1385; -4.1610
Grid referenceSH 555 623
Platforms1[1][2][3]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCarnarvon and Llanberis Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1869Opened[4]
22 September 1930Closed to regular passenger traffic[5][6]
September 1962Excursions ceased

Cwm-y-Glo railway station served the village of Cwm-y-glo, Gwynedd, Wales, at the north-west end of Llyn Padarn.[7] The station was closed for regular passenger services in 1930 but trains passed through until September 1964.[8][9]

The station lay on the nine mile LNWR branch line between Caernarfon and Llanberis which was established by the Caernarvon and Llanberis Railway Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. clxxxvi).

The summer 1939 working timetable shows that some excursions made unadvertised stops at the station.[10]

The station was demolished in the 1970s when the realigned A4086 was built along the trackbed.[11] A public house called the Railway Inn is all that remains of the station as was, this pub is now known as Y Fricsan.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Pontrhythallt
Line and station closed 		  Carnarvonshire Railway
Llanberis Branch 		  Padarn Halt
Line and station closed

References

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  1. ^ Turner 2003, p. 14.
  2. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photo 96 & 97 & Map XXVII.
  3. ^ Rear 2012, p. 65.
  4. ^ Quick 2009, p. 142.
  5. ^ Butt 1995, p. 75.
  6. ^ Station history, via Disused Stations
  7. ^ Jowett 1989, Map 44.
  8. ^ Rear 1979, p. 87.
  9. ^ Kneale 1980, Plate 127.
  10. ^ The station and line's Summer 1939 Working Timetable, via Rail Chronology
  11. ^ Rear 2003, p. 192.

Sources

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  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
  • 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.
  • Kneale, E.N. (1980). North Wales Steam, 1927–68. Poole: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-074-7.
  • 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 & 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.
  • Rear, W.G. (2003). From Chester to Holyhead : The Branch Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-86093-569-8.
  • Rear, W.G. (1979). London Midland steam in North Wales. Truro: D Bradford Barton Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85153-225-7.
  • Turner, Alun (2003). Gwynedd's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-259-9.

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