Caernarvon and Llanberis Railway Act 1864

The Caernarvon and Llanberis Railway Act 1864 influenced the building on an eight mile branch line running from Caernarfon to Llanberis,Gwynedd in Wales via Pont Rhythallt (Llanrug), Cwm y Glo, Padarn Halt, and terminating at Llanberis, initially built as a local link between villages although tourist traffic increased hugely after the 1897 opening of the Snowdon Mountain Railway. [The North Wales Coast Railway Peter E.Baughan 1988 ISBN0 9510302 9 9 ]

The Railway was victim of the Beeching Axe and was closed in December 1964 Some evidence of the railbed still exists. The site of the station in Llanberis now carries the A4086 road where it by-passes the village, the former station being occupied by a craft centre. An area known locally as the Sidings on the shores of Llyn Padarn also shows some evidence of its past. The railbed runs alongside the lake and now is the Lon Las Peris cyclepath, there is evidence of its railway past on bridges and a tunnel at the Brynrefail, Gwynedd end near the famous Llwyncoed Farm - immortalised by Hogia'r Wyddfa in the local boy band's song Tylluanod (Owls) in 1969. The railbed then follows the line of the current A4086 through Cwm y Glo past Y Fricsan Inn the site of Cwm-y-Glo railway station

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