Snowdon Ranger railway station
| Snowdon Ranger | |
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138 'Mileniwm'/'Millennium' arriving at Snowdon Ranger station with a southbound service from Caernarfon to Rhyd Ddu
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| Location | |
| Area | Gwynedd |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Grid reference | SH564551 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways |
| Managed by | Welsh Highland Railway |
| Owned by | Festiniog Railway Company |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 1878 | Opened |
| 26 September 1936 | Closed |
| 18 August 2003 | Re-opened |
| Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom | |
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Snowdon Ranger is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1878 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the LNWR. The station was originally known as Quellyn Lake[1] but was renamed after the path to the Summit of Snowdon popularised by, and named after, the local mountain guide, "The Snowdon Ranger", who went by that name for many years. Certainly the name "Snowdon Ranger" was in common use on company timetables from as early as 1879,[2] and that of the adjacent Snowdon Ranger Hotel from at least 1869.[3]
Passenger services ceased on 26 September 1936 and the station was reopened in 2003 following the complete reconstruction of the railway from Waunfawr to Rhyd Ddu.The train services are operated by the Festiniog Railway Company's Welsh Highland Railway subsidiary. Snowdon Ranger is currently operated as an unmanned halt and trains call only by request.
Following reconstruction, the Section from Waunfawr to Rhyd Ddu was formally reopened by HRH the Prince of Wales on 30 July 2003. Prince Charles travelled by special train from Waunfawr to Snowdon Ranger station where, having donned overalls, he alighted from the carriage and travelled on the footplate to Rhyd Ddu. Public passenger services re-commenced on 18 August 2003.[4]
The former station building is now in private ownership,[1] and as such is one of the six original remaining NWNGR buildings, the others being the ruins of the former station buildings at Tryfan Junction and Bettws Garmon, the ruined quarry sidings office at nearby Glanrafon Sidings and the restored station building and goods shed at Dinas.
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References
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External links
- The Welsh Highland Railway Project - official reconstruction site
- Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon)
- Rebuilding The Welsh Highland Railway - an independent site
- The Royal re-opening to Rhyd Ddu 2003
- Welsh Highland Railway Timetables
- Multimap Map of Snowdon Ranger
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways |
Following station | ||
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| Plas-y-Nant | Welsh Highland Railway | Rhyd Ddu | ||
