Waterfall railway station (today also signed as Gorsaf Ceunant Mawr) was the first intermediate stop on the Snowdon Mountain Railway, located on the southern edge of Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales.
History Waterfall railway station was built to allow visitors to use the train to travel to a spectacular waterfall close to the line. A short distance from Waterfall station is a bridge over the river and a gate, which marks the start of the mountain.
The station opened with the railway on 6 April 1896, but both closed the same day following an accident. The line as a whole did not reopen until 9 April 1897, but trains were again running to Waterfall by late September 1896.The Snowdon Mountain Railway, Peter Johnson, p.75 Except for wartime, the station operated until closure in September 1923. The line through the station remains operational.
Location The railway line starts in the valley bottom at Llanberis station at an altitude of , and Waterfall station stands at . The line subsequently rises to Summit station, which stands at , below the summit of the mountain.
Facilities The station is closed to passengers, but the station building remains in use as an engineers' base. The original station had one platform, which was demolished after closure. During the latter part of 2016 Snowdon Mountain Railway engineers constructed two new platforms at Waterfall station, one on each side of the main running line.
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The line and its stations, via Snowdon Mountain Railway Edwardian 6" map showing the station, overlain with modern satellite images and maps, via National Library of Scotland The station and line, via Rail Map Online Images of the station, waterfall and line, via Yahoo