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138 'Mileniwm'/'Millennium' arriving at Snowdon Ranger station with a southbound service from Caernarfon to Rhyd Ddu.

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 named 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. 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 Ffestiniog Railway Company. 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.

The former station building is now in private ownership, and as such, is one of the four original remaining NWNGR buildings, one at Tryfan Junction, the other two being in Dinas.

References

J. I. C. Boyd; Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarfonshire, 1972, revised edition in two volumes 1988/1999.

External links

Multimap Map of Snowdon Ranger

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Plas-y-Nant		Welsh Highland Railway		Rhyd Ddu

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 '''Snowdon Ranger''' is a station on the [[narrow gauge railway|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 railway station|Dinas Junction]] on the [[LNWR]]. The station was named 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. 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 [[Ffestiniog Railway]] Company. Snowdon Ranger is currently operated as an unmanned halt and trains call only by request.