Llanwnda railway station explained

Llanwnda
Status:	Disused
Borough:	Llanwnda, Gwynedd
Country:	Wales
Coordinates:	53.0948°N -4.2822°W
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Platforms:	1
Original:	Carnarvonshire Railway
Pregroup:	London and North Western Railway
Postgroup:	LMSR
Years:	2 September 1867^[1]
Events:	Opened as "Pwllheli Road"
Years1:	14 September 1877
Events1:	Renamed Llanwnda
Years2:	7 December 1964^[2]
Events2:	Closed completely

Llanwnda railway station served the village of Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales.

History

A halt named Pwllheli Road existed here on the horse-drawn Nantlle Railway from 1856 to 12 June 1865.From the outset timetables appeared regularly in the "Carnarvon & Denbigh Herald"^[3] and in Bradshaw from October 1856.^[4] It was obliterated when the standard gauge railway and station were built.

The station opened on 2 September 1867, also as "Pwllheli Road". It was renamed "Llanwnda" in 1877 and closed with the line in December 1964.^[5]

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.

References

Sources

• • • Book: Johnson . Peter . Peter Johnson (railway historian) . North Wales (Celebration of Steam) . 1995 . . . 978-0-7110-2378-9 .
  • Book: Mitchell . Vic . Smith . Keith . Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines . Country Railway Routes . 2010 . Middleton Press . . 978-1-906008-72-7 .
  • Book: Rear . W.G. . Caernarvon & the Lines from Afonwen & Llanberis: 28: Scenes from the Past Railways of North Wales . 2012 . Book Law Publications . . 978-1-907094-78-1 .
• Book: Turner, Alun . Gwynedd's Lost Railways . 2003 . Stenlake Publishing . . 978-1-84033-259-9 .

Further material

• Clemens . Jim . North Wales Steam Lines No. 6 . 2003 . 1959-67 . B&R Video Productions . . DVD . BRVP No 79.
• Dunn . J.M. . B.W.C. . Cooke . September 1958 . The Afonwen Line-1 . . 104 . 689 . Tothill Press Limited . London . 0033-8923 .
• Martin . Smith . May 2011 . The Nantlle Tramway . Railway Bylines . 16 . 6 . 306–313 . Irwell Press . Clophill, Bedfordshire . 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/llanwnda/index.shtml Station history, via Disused Stations
2. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/llanwnda/index.shtml Station history, via Disused Stations
3. https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4465067/4465071/30/nantlle%20railway Specimen timetable, North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser 14 May 1859
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=mzsGAAAAQAAJ&dq=Bradshaw%27s+monthly+railway+and+steam+navigation+guide+nantlle&pg=RA1-PA111 Example timetable in Bradshaw
5. Web site: Llanwnda station after closure . flickr .