Meillionen railway station is a halt on the

Welsh Highland Railway The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR) or Rheilffordd Eryri is a long, restored narrow gauge heritage railway in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, operating from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passing through a number of popular tourist destinations in ...

. It opened to the public when the section of line between

Rhyd Ddu Rhyd-ddu ( Welsh for 'black ford') is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon (via the Rhyd Ddu Path), Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 between Beddgelert and ...

and Beddgelert re-opened on 8 April 2009. The station has been built to serve the popular the holiday cabins and campsite at Beddgelert, run by Forest Holidays. The railway provides a greener alternative to the car for visitors wishing to travel to

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 ...

Porthmadog Porthmadog (; ), originally Portmadoc until 1974 and locally as "Port", is a Welsh coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd and the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It lies east of Criccieth, south-west of Blaenau Ffest ...

and, other points served in the Snowdonian National Park. The name Meillionen derives from the

Afon Meillionen Afon Meillionen (Welsh for ''Clover River'') is a small river near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It flows down Cwm Meillionen, a small valley which lies on the north-eastern side of Moel yr Ogof (655m). Much of the river's catc ...

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for ''Clover River'') which runs under the railway a little to the north. Before completion, it was to be called ''Beddgelert Forest Halt'' but was renamed to comply with the company's policy of naming WHR halts in Welsh. After completion the halt's running in board, however, did have the sub-title Forest Camp Site. This subsequently changed in April 2018 and now displays the main title Meillionen only. Construction of the station started in 2006 and a waiting shelter was built in April 2009.

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External links

Forest Holidays websiteBeddgelert campsite website
* ttp://www.festrail.co.uk/ Welsh Highland Railwaybr>Rebuilding The Welsh Highland Railway - an independent siteVideo footage of Meillionen station
{{Gwynedd railway stations Heritage railway stations in Gwynedd Welsh Highland Railway Beddgelert Railway stations built for UK heritage railways Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2009