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Llanwnda railway station

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Place
  
Llanwnda

Grid reference
  
SH 472 576

Original company
  
Carnarvonshire Railway

Area
  
Gwynedd

Post-grouping
  
LMSR

Platforms in use
  
1

Pre-grouping
  
London and North Western Railway

2 September 1867 or 14 September 1877
  
Opened as "Pwllheli Road"

Similar
  
Groeslon railway station, Pant Glas railway station, Chwilog railway station, Bontnewydd railway station, Brynkir railway station

Llanwnda was a railway station in the village of Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales.

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History

The station opened 2 September 1867 as "Pwllheli Road" and was closed when the line closed in December 1964.

When the Penygroes By-pass was built in 1999/2000 the site of the station was obliterated by a roundabout where the A487 and A499 meet.

Further material

  • Clemens, Jim (2003) [1959-67]. North Wales Steam Lines No. 6 (DVD). Uffington, Shropshire: B&R Video Productions. BRVP No 79. 
  • Dunn, J.M. (September 1958). Cooke, B.W.C., ed. "The Afonwen Line-1". The Railway Magazine. London: Tothill Press Limited. 104 (689). 
  • Smith, Martin, ed. (May 2011). "The Nantlle Tramway". Railway Bylines. Vol. 16 no. 6. Clophill, Bedfordshire: Irwell Press. pp. 306–313. ISSN 1360-2098. 

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    Llanwnda railway station Wikipedia
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