Padarn Halt was a passenger only railway station located in

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 ...

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, Wales, on the western shore of

Llyn Padarn Llyn Padarn is a glacially formed lake in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, north Wales, and is an example of a moraine dammed lake. The lake is approximately long (about 240 acres) and at its deepest point is deep, and is one of the largest natural lakes i ...

. It opened on 21 November 1936 and closed on the outbreak of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. The line through the station remained in use for excursions until 1962 and for freight until 1964; it was lifted in 1965. The LMSR closed the Llanberis branch to regular passenger services in 1930, though frequent Summer excursions continued to run. In 1934 the company reinstated a regular Saturdays only train specifically to serve Caernarfon market. In many parts of Britain "Market Trains" were an established part of local commerce and social life in a way which has passed into history. Llanberis station was not in the centre of Llanberis, so the company built the halt half a mile from the terminus specifically for this market traffic. The halt opened on 21 November 1936, from which time the market trains used the halt there instead of at Llanberis station. The halt consisted of an unlit single wooden platform on trestles, with a very small wooden waiting shelter at its southern end. It was accessed by a gravel footpath which continued over the tracks to the lakeside by a foot crossing. The 1939

working timetable A working timetable (WTT) - (Fr. ''horaire de service (HDS)'' or ''service annuel (SA)''; N. America ''Employee timetable'') - The data defining all planned train and rolling-stock movements which will take place on the relevant infrastructure duri ...

shows that some excursions made unadvertised stops at the halt.The station and line's Summer 1939 Working Timetable, via ''Rail Chronology''
/ref> The track bed from

through the site of the halt (at what is now the lakeside entrance to the industrial estate) as far as is now occupied by the improved A4086, which by-passes the centre of Llanberis. No trace of the station remains.

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External links

The station on a navigable OS Map, via ''National Library of Scotland''

The station and line, via ''Rail Map Online''

The station and line CLS with mileages, via ''Railway Codes''

Images of the station, via ''Yahoo''

The station and line, via ''Signalling Record Society''

* ttp://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/ 5 May 1957 railtour record, via ''Six Bells Junction'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Padarn Halt Railway Station Former London, Midland and Scottish Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1936 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1939 Disused railway stations in Gwynedd Llanberis