Pontrhythallt railway station

Pontrhythallt
The former railway bridge by the station
Location
Place	Pont Rhythallt
Area	Gwynedd
Coordinates	53°09′01″N 4°10′40″W / 53.1502°N 4.1778°W / 53.1502; -4.1778Coordinates: 53°09′01″N 4°10′40″W / 53.1502°N 4.1778°W / 53.1502; -4.1778
Grid reference	SH 544 636
Operations
Original company	Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	1[1]
History
October 1869	Opened[2]
22 September 1930	Closed to regular passenger traffic[3][4][5]
September 1962	Excursions ceased
7 September 1964	Station closed to residual coal traffic[6]
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Carnarvonshire Railway
Legend
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

Pontrhythallt was a railway station in the village of Pont Rhythallt, Gwynedd, Wales.^[7] This station opened in 1869 and closed for regular passenger services in 1930, but trains continued to pass through until the last goods train of all on 3 September 1964, which delivered a panel of lap fencing.^[8][9]

The station was at the end of a nearly five mile climb from crossing the Afon Seiont on the southern edge of Caernarfon.^[10][11] Pontrhythallt's "Home" signal was the first since leaving the town, 5.75 miles (9.25 km) earlier.^[12]

The 1939 Working timetable shows that some excursions made unadvertised stops at Pontrhythallt.^[13]

The line was lifted in early 1965.^[14] The station survives as a private dwelling. The bridge over the Afon Rhythallt immediately next to the station has lost its original railway decking, but has been replaced with a footbridge.

References

Sources

• 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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Dunn, J.M. (October 1958). Cooke, B.W.C., ed. "The Afonwen Line-2". The Railway Magazine. London: Tothill Press Limited. 104 (690). 
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Kneale, E.N. (1980). North Wales Steam, 1927-68. Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0 86093 074 2. 
• Kneale, E.N. (1986). North Wales Steam: v. 2. Poole, Dorset: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0 86093 305 9. 
• 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 9 781907 094781. 
• Rear, W.G. (1979). London Midland steam in North Wales. Truro: D Bradford Barton Ltd. ISBN 0 85153 225 X. 
• Turner, Alun (2003). Gwynedd's Lost Railways. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 9781840332599. 

External links

• The station on a navigable Edwardian 6" OS map, via National Library of Scotland
• The station and line, via Rail Map Online
• The station and line CLS with mileages, via Railway Codes
• Images of the station, via Yahoo
• The station and line, via Rail Chronology
• The station and line, via Signalling Record Society
• 1957 railtour including the line, via Manchester Railway Society
• 5 May 1957 railtour record, via Six Bells Junction