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Coordinates: 53°08′40″N 4°13′31″W / 53.1445°N 4.2252°W / 53.1445; -4.2252
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Pont Rug Halt
General information
LocationPont Rhythallt, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates53°08′40″N 4°13′31″W / 53.1445°N 4.2252°W / 53.1445; -4.2252
Grid referenceSH 512 631
Platforms1[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCarnarvon and Llanberis Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 June 1880Opened
1 January 1917Closed as a wartime economy measure[2]
1 July 1919Reopened[3]
22 September 1930Closed completely[4][5]
1964line closed

Pont Rug railway station was located to the east of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, where the A4086 crosses the Afon Seiont.

The station opened in 1880. It consisted of a single short platform with no goods facilities other than small parcels.[6] It closed from January 1917 to July 1919 as a wartime economy measure, then closed completely in 1930.

Summer excursions to Llanberis passed through until September 1962 and freight lingered on until the line closed in September 1964. The tracks were lifted in early 1965.

Pont Rug was at the midpoint of a five-mile climb from Pont Seiont to Pontrhythallt, mostly at 1 in 62 or 1 in 68.[7] In 1958 the station building was in use as a dwelling.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Caernarvon (Morfa)
Line and station closed 		  Carnarvonshire Railway
Llanberis Branch 		  Pontrhythallt
Line and station closed

References

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  1. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photo 92 & Map XXV.
  2. ^ Dunn 1958, p. 716.
  3. ^ Turner 2003, p. 14.
  4. ^ Station history, via Disused Stations
  5. ^ Butt 1995, p. 188.
  6. ^ Rear 2003, p. 189.
  7. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Map XXIV.

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.
  • Dunn, J.M. (October 1958). Cooke, B.W.C. (ed.). "The Afonwen Line-2". The Railway Magazine. 104 (690). London: Tothill Press Limited. ISSN 0033-8923.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines. Country Railway Routes. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-72-7.
  • Rear, W.G. (2003). From Chester to Holyhead : The Branch Lines. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-86093-569-8.
  • Turner, Alun (2003). Gwynedd's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-259-9.
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