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:Pont Rug (Halt) railway station

{{Short description|Former railway station in Gwynedd, Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Pont Rug Halt

| status = Disused

| image =

| borough = Pont Rhythallt, Gwynedd

| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|53.1445|-4.2252|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SH 512 631|25|SH 512 631}}

| platforms = 1{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|2010|loc=Photo 92 & Map XXV}}

| original = Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway

| pregroup = London and North Western Railway

| postgroup = London Midland and Scottish Railway

| years1 = 1 June 1880

| events1 = Opened

| years2 = 1 January 1917

| events2 = Closed as a wartime economy measure{{sfn|Dunn|1958|p=716}}

| years3 = 1 July 1919

| events3 = Reopened{{sfn|Turner|2003|p=14}}

| years4 = 22 September 1930

| events4 = Closed completely[http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/p/pont_rug/index.shtml Station history, via Disused Stations]{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=188}}

| years5 = 1964

| events5 = line closed

}}

{{Carnarvonshire Railway|collapse=yes}}

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 consisted of a single short platform with no goods facilities other than small parcels.{{sfn|Rear|2003|p=189}} 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 September 1964. The tracks were lifted in early 1965.

Pont Rug was at the midpoint of a five-mile climb from Pont Seiont to {{rws|Pontrhythallt}}, mostly at 1 in 62 or 1 in 68.{{sfn|Mitchell|Smith|2010|loc=Map XXIV}} In 1958 the station building was in use as a dwelling.

{{Historical Rail Start}}

{{rail line

|previous=Caernarvon (Morfa)
Line and station closed

|next=Pontrhythallt
Line and station closed

|route=Carnarvonshire Railway
Llanberis Branch

|col={{LNWR colour}} }}

{{s-end}}

References

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  • {{Butt-Stations}}
  • {{cite journal |last=Dunn |first=J.M. |editor1-first=B.W.C. |editor1-last=Cooke |date=October 1958 |title=The Afonwen Line-2 |journal=The Railway Magazine |volume=104 |issue=690 |publisher=Tothill Press Limited |location=London |issn=0033-8923 }}
  • {{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Vic |last2=Smith |first2=Keith |title=Bangor to Portmadoc: Including Three Llanberis Lines |series=Country Railway Routes |year=2010 |publisher=Middleton Press |location=Midhurst |isbn=978-1-906008-72-7 }}
  • {{cite book |last1=Rear |first1=W.G. |title=From Chester to Holyhead : The Branch Lines |year=2003 |publisher=Ian Allan Publishing |location=Shepperton |isbn=978-0-86093-569-8 }}
  • {{cite book |last=Turner |first=Alun |title=Gwynedd's Lost Railways |year=2003 |publisher=Stenlake Publishing |location=Catrine |isbn=978-1-84033-259-9 }}

{{refend}}

External links

  • [http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.1447&lon=-4.2252&layers=6&b=1 The station on a navigable OS Map] in National Library of Scotland
  • [http://www.RailMapOnline.com/UKIEMap.php?lat=53.14457&lng=-4.22519 The station and line] in Rail Map Online
  • [http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/C/CLS.txt The station and line CLS with mileages] in Railway Codes
  • [https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=Az_6xdgDcppXo1EA8QBNBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBsZ29xY3ZzBHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEc2xrA2J1dHRvbg--;_ylc=X1MDMjExNDcxNzAwNQRfcgMyBGJjawNlZGRhb2QxYTlhaDFmJTI2YiUzRDQlMjZkJTNEYk9tV2U5QnBZRUozWGZJWjVjLnFETWFaeS5rLSUyNnMlM0RpcyUyNmklM0RabUNFcE5ub2tpT2pldTZWZmhtcwRmcgNtY2FmZWUEZ3ByaWQDdGlDLlNwVWtUTldEcmFVMFlSRmU0QQRtdGVzdGlkA251bGwEbl9zdWdnAzAEb3JpZ2luA3VrLmltYWdlcy5zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvcwMwBHBxc3RyAwRwcXN0cmwDBHFzdHJsAzE2BHF1ZXJ5A1BvbnQgcnVnIFN0YXRpb24EdF9zdG1wAzE0Njk3NDExMjEEdnRlc3RpZANudWxs?gprid=tiC.SpUkTNWDraU0YRFe4A&pvid=OUJ.rTcyLjPmtVhoVJVELwAMODYuMQAAAABmN2pQ&p=Pont+rug+Station&fr=mcafee&fr2=sb-top-uk.images.search.yahoo.com&ei=UTF-8&n=60&x=wrt&y=Search Images of the station] in Yahoo
  • [http://www.railchronology.free-online.co.uk/Llanberis%20branch.htm The station and line] in Rail Chronology
  • [http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/RailRef/ref-nw.php#51 The station and line] in Signalling Record Society
  • [http://www.manlocosoc.co.uk/caernarvonshire-railtour.html 1957 railtour including the line] in Manchester Railway Society
  • [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/ 5 May 1957 railtour record] in Six Bells Junction

{{Closed stations Gwynedd}}

Category:Disused railway stations in Gwynedd

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1880

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1919

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930

Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations

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