WHR Stations
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[edit] Stations along the WHR part of the line
Clicking on the station will take you to the station's own page. Clicking the <A> takes you to the Aerial Multimap shot of the general location .
The Official construction site has two sections covering the area in general and, specifically, the reconstruction, for the whole line. Click here for these
N.B. BEWARE Certain place names are used frequently in the area. One example being Bont Newydd. This is a place referred in Boyd, said to be located near to Rhiw Plas/Minffordd Cemetery. It also refers in the form Bontnewydd to a village and request halt on the Welsh Highland - some 15 miles northwest..
Main stations are the section headers. Halts (public request stops) are indented. For other places of interest see the locations list. See other notes at bottom of page
The whole map of the route, centered on the Beddgelert mid point, can be seen here
[edit] Caernarfon <A>
- Bontnewydd <A> Halt
[edit] Dinas Junction <A>
- Tryfan Junction <A> Halt
[edit] Waunfawr <A>
- Plas-y-nant <A> Halt
- Snowdon Ranger <A> Halt - at one time known as Quellyn Lake Station
[edit] Rhyd Ddu formerly South Snowdon, or Snowdon <A>
- Meillionen Forest Campsite Halt<A>
[edit] Beddgelert <A>
- Nantmor Halt, formerly Aberglaslyn
- Hafod y Llyn <A>Temporary terminus, not normally available as passenger station
[edit] Pont Croesor <A>
Not all trains run to and from Porthmadog. A service operated to Hafod y Llyn in 2009, to Pont Croesor in 2010 and to Porthmadog (Harbour) in 2011. However, usually only the first out in morning and last back at night use Porthmadog, the rest start and finish at Pont Croesor.
- Pen-y-mount Junction with WHHR. Station only on WHHR. Not currently a station on WHR/RhE main line.
[edit] Porthmadog Harbour Station <A>
Note that throughout this wiki the names Portmadoc and Porthmadog have been variously used; the first being the older name whilst the second is the more modern and, currently, official title. In older documentation there have been other spellings, including Portmadock, and Port Madoc
[edit] Stations on the WHHR/WHRLtd Line
[edit] Pen-y-mount <A>
[edit] Porthmadog (WHHR) <A>
Sometimes called Tremadog Road
[edit] Stations along the FR part of the line
See FR Stations
[edit] Locations of Company Facilities
The FR Company Head Office is at Harbour Station
For rolling stock the main works and running shed are at Boston Lodge
The principal WHR/RhE running shed and depot is at Dinas Junction
There are FR depots for Permanent Way and Civil Engineering at Minffordd Yard and Glan y Pwll
The WHR Ltd/WHHR depot, works and Museum are at Gelert's Farm Works
