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Caernarvon (Morfa)
Caernarvon (Morfa)
General information
Location	Caernarfon, Gwynedd; Wales
Coordinates	53°07′49″N 4°16′06″W / 53.1304°N 4.2684°W
Grid reference	SH 483 616
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Key dates
1 July 1869 or October 1869	Opened
3 January 1871 or 5 July 1870	Closed, replaced by Carnarvon

Carnarvonshire Railway

Legend

Bangor and Carnarvon Railway

to Bangor

Caernarvon

Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway

Caernarfon

(WHR)

Quay sidings

(WHR)

Llanberis Tunnel

Dinas Junction

Welsh Highland Railway

Llanwnda

Groeslon

Penygroes

Nantlle Branch Junction

Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly

to Pwllheli

Afon Wen

Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Rly

to Porthmadog

Caernarvon (Morfa) was the temporary western terminus of the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, located on the southern fringe of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales.

The line from Llanberis to Caernarfon was built from the country end, as were the other standard gauge routes to the town, resulting in there being three temporary termini on the edges of Caernarfon. This was eventually resolved by building the "Caernarfon Town Line"^[5] through a tunnel under the historic centre to join the various routes. When this was opened Morfa station was closed on 5 July 1870, though it appears that formal paperwork was not concluded until the following January.^[2] Freight and passenger trains passed through the station site until 1930, when regular passenger services were withdrawn.

Summer excursions to Llanberis passed through until September 1962 and freight lingered on until the line closed in 1964. The tracks were lifted in early 1965.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Terminus		Carnarvonshire Railway Llanberis Branch		Pont Rug (Halt) Line and station closed

References

^ Station history, via Disused Stations
^ ^a ^b ^c Quick 2009, p. 110.
^ ^a ^b Turner 2003, p. 14.
^ Station history, via Disused Stations
^ Town line history, via Disused Stations

Sources

Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
Turner, Alun (2003). Gwynedd's Lost Railways. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84033-259-9.