Gilfach Ddu railway station

Gilfach Ddu (LLR)
Station on heritage railway
Loco Dolbadarn at Gilfach Ddu station
General information
Location	Llanberis, Gwynedd Wales
Coordinates	53°07′21″N 4°06′54″W / 53.122507°N 4.115131°W / 53.122507; -4.115131
Grid reference	SH 585 604
Platforms	1[1]
History
Original company	Llanberis Lake Railway
Key dates
28 May 1971	Opened

v t e Llanberis Lake Railway
Legend
Padarn Railway Pen-y-Llyn (PR) Penllyn passing loop Cei Llydan Gilfach Ddu (PR) Gilfach Ddu Dinorwic quarry Afon Rhythallt Llanberis (LLR) Llanberis (LNWR) Llanberis (SMR) Snowdon Mountain Railway Carnarvonshire Railway

Gilfach Ddu (LLR) railway station is an intermediate station on the Llanberis Lake Railway (LLR),^[2] located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales.

Most of the LLR was laid around 1970 on part of the trackbed of the closed and lifted Padarn Railway. The line opened between Gilfach Ddu and Cei Llydan on 28 May 1971, being extended northwards to Penllyn (LLR) in 1972.^[3] For thirty years Gilfach Ddu was the new line's southern terminus, situated a short distance south of the site of the Padarn Railway's former workmen's station, also named Gilfach Ddu.^[4] In 2003 a wholly new extension was opened south westwards, with Llanberis (LLR) station as the line's new southern terminus. With this extension Gilfach Ddu (LLR) changed from a terminus to a through station.

The line and station primarily serve tourists and railway enthusiasts.^[5][6]

The station has one platform.

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Llanberis (LLR)		Llanberis Lake Railway		Cei Llydan