Caernarvon (Morfa) was the temporary western terminus of the

Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway The Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, built under the ''Caernarvon and Llanberis Railway Act 1864'', was an eight-mile branch line from the Carnarvonshire Railway running from to , via (for Llanrug), , and . History The Carnarvon and Llanberis ...

, located on the southern fringe of

Caernarfon Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is ...

Gwynedd Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...

, Wales. The line from Llanberis to Caernarfon was built from the country end, as were the other standard gauge routes to the town, resulting in there being three temporary termini on the edges of Caernarfon. This was eventually resolved by building the "Caernarfon Town Line"Town line history, via ''Disused Stations''
/ref> through a tunnel under the historic centre to join the various routes. When this was opened Morfa station was closed on 5 July 1870, though it appears that formal paperwork was not concluded until the following January. Freight and passenger trains passed through the station site until 1930, when regular passenger services were withdrawn. Summer excursions to

Llanberis (; ) is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. It is a centre for outdoor activities in Snowdonia, including walking, mo ...

passed through until September 1962 and freight lingered on until the line closed in 1964. The tracks were lifted in early 1965.

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The station site on a navigable OS Map
in ''National Library of Scotland''
The station and line
in ''Rail Map Online''
The line CLS with mileages
in ''Railway Codes'' {{Authority control Disused railway stations in Gwynedd Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1871 Former London and North Western Railway stations Llanrug