Cei Llydan | |
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| Station on heritage railway | |
 Loco Elidir at Cei Llydan station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Llanberis, Gwynedd Wales |
| Coordinates | 53°07′51″N 4°07′55″W / 53.1307°N 4.1320°W |
| Grid reference | SH 574 614 |
| Platforms | 1[1] |
| History | |
| Original company | Llanberis Lake Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 28 May 1971 | Opened |
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Cei Llydan is an intermediate railway station on the Llanberis Lake Railway (LLR),[2] located in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales.[3]
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 (LLR) and Cei Llydan on 28 May 1971, being extended northwards to Penllyn (LLR) in 1972, changing Cei Llydan from a terminus to a through station.[4] For thirty years Gilfach Ddu (LLR) 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. 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, with Cei Llydan recommended for picnics and viewing the scenery.[5][6]
The station has one platform.
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways
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Following station | ||
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| Gilfach Ddu (LLR) | Llanberis Lake Railway | Penllyn (LLR) | ||
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2010, Photos 113-4 & Map XXXIII.
- ^ Yonge, Padgett & Szwenk 2013, Map 51F.
- ^ Carrington & Rushworth 1973, p. 55.
- ^ Boyd 1986, pp. 219–222.
- ^ The station and railway, via Llanberis.com
- ^ The station and railway, via YouTube