Hafod y Llyn (FR)
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| Hafod y Llyn (FR) | |
| Previous Station | Plas Halt |
| Status | Halt Closed |
| Next Station | Tan-y-Bwlch |
| Harbour Station | |
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(meaning 'Summer house by the lake' )
This location should not be confused with two locations of the same name on the Welsh Highland Railway between Nantmor and Croesor Junction. These are referred to with the suffix Hafod y Llyn (Old WHR) and Hafod y Llyn (New WHR)
Original station from 1836 until replaced by Tan-y-Bwlch in 1873. It was one of the original Horse stations which became a public passenger station in 1865, with the erection of a small wooden building (later moved to Tan-y-Bwlch). Access was restricted to footpaths unsuitable for horse-drawn vehicles through the Oakeley estate and, for reasons never explained, this was occasionally denied. Both circumstances made the location unsuitable so steps were taken to move the station to a location closer to a road and on land owned by the Company. The site chosen, at Creuau, was slightly further up the line and became Tan-y-bwlch.
There is a ring set in the wall which is the only trace of anything here. This was possibly used to stop runaway slate wagons. There is a stream here which once filled a water tank, long since removed.