Place Pont Rhythallt Grid reference SH 512 631 Platforms in use 1 | Area Gwynedd 1 June 1880 Opened | |
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway Original company Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway Similar Pontrhythallt railway station, Groeslon railway station, Cwm‑y‑Glo railway station, Chwilog railway station, Brynkir railway station | ||
Pont Rug railway station was located to the east of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, where the A4086 crosses the Afon Seiont.
The station opened in 1880. It closed from January 1917 to July 1919 as a wartime economy measure, then closed completely in 1930.
Summer excursions to Llanberis passed through until September 1962 and freight lingered on until the line closed in December 1964. The tracks were lifted in early 1965.
Pont Rug was at the midpoint of a five-mile climb from Pont Seiont to Pontrhythallt, mostly at 1 in 62 or 1 in 68. In 1958 the station building was in use as a dwelling.
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Pont Rug (Halt) railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA