Meillionen
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| Meillionen | |
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|---|---|
| Upnor Castle stopping at Meillionen. B.W.Hughes | |
| Previous Station | Rhyd-Ddu |
| Status | Under Construction |
| Next Location | Beddgelert |
| Next Station | Beddgelert |
| Latitude | 53:01:04.68N |
| Longitude | 04:07:17.64W |
| Grid Reference | SH578488 |
| Harbour Station | |
OSGrid:SH578488 Latt / Long :53.01799 / -4.12117
Meillionen Forest Campsite, known as Beddgelert Forest Halt prior to construction, is a new halt on the reconstructed Welsh Highland Railway. As of May, 2007, the platform is accessed through the Beddgelert Forest Campsite. It has been laid with Tarmac, complete with a concrete base for the waiting shelter. It is scheduled to become active, once the service between Rhyd Ddu and Beddgelert commences
The station serves the popular Beddgelert Forest Campsite, run by the Forestry Commission in association with The Camping and Caravanning Club. The station will have a waiting shelter, with the possibility of ticket sales, and will offer an alternative to going to Caernarfon or Porthmadog by car or the perilous walk to Beddgelert along the main road.
The name Meillionen (the Afon Meillionen runs under the railway just north of the halt) was chosen in order to comply with the railway's policy of naming halts in Welsh only, avoiding an unfeasibly-large bilingual sign. Meillionen is Welsh for 'clover'.
*Date: 17th April 2006 *Photo: Barrie W. Hughes