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Rocky Valley Halt (SMR) railway station

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Place
  
Llanberis

Grid reference
  
SH 605 566

Platforms in use
  
1

Area
  
Gwynedd

Original company
  
Snowdon Mountain Railway

Rocky Valley Halt is an intermediate station on the Snowdon Mountain Railway. It consists of a narrow platform sheltered by a rocky outcrop to the east. Immediately beyond the platform the line joins the exposed ridge on which it runs for about half a mile..

The line starts in the valley bottom at Llanberis at an altitude of 353 ft (108 m), Rocky Valley Halt stands at 2,330 ft (710 m).The summit station stands at 3,493 feet (1,065 m), 68 feet (21 metres) below the summit of the mountain.

The halt is a later addition to the line, opening after the Second World War.

The station has one platform.

References

Rocky Valley Halt (SMR) railway station Wikipedia