Welcome to Llanberis Lake Railway

We will be re-opening our doors for our steam train services along the picturesque shores of Padarn Lake on Tuesday 14th February 2023. Online booking is now available for all 2023 dates.

Online Booking - Terms and Conditions

Please allow plenty of time for your journey in order to arrive at the station 20 minutes before your booked departure time.

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TrainBook your tickets online for the train of your choice up to midnight the day before travel. This is the best way to make sure you have a seat reserved for your desired train departure time.

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TrainBook your tickets online for the train of your choice up to midnight the day before travel. This is the best way to make sure you have a seat reserved for your desired train departure time.

Book Online
Come and join us for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Our resident White Rabbit has once again hidden all his eggs around the railway thinking no one else will find them! If you can help to find them all, you will receive a prize

Easter Egg Hunt 8 -10 April 2023
To celebrate super heroes of the world, we are holding a ‘Super Hero Week’ at the Railway. All children who come dressed up as their favourite Super Hero can travel free of charge on the train, and there will be a prize for the best dressed Hero of the week!
We have heard that the mischievous ghosts are making their way back to the Witches Woods again this year after being banished last year! Will you ride the Padarn Lake Ghost Train with us to find them and send them all away? All ghost hunters will receive a reward for their help.

Halloween Hunt

Welcome to Llanberis Lake Railway

Our little steam engines take you on a five-mile return journey alongside Lake Padarn, right in the heart of Snowdonia.

The journey takes you past the 13th century Dolbadarn Castle, across possibly Britain's shortest river and past Llanberis' twin lakes. From Llanberis the train runs non-stop through the Padarn Country Park, joining the 1845 slate railway route to run along the shores of Lake Padarn to Penllyn, and giving stunning views of Snowdon, the highest peak in England and Wales.

There's a short stop at Cei Llydan, a beautifully tranquil place that's ideal for a lakeside picnic, and at Gilfach Ddu, where you can visit the National Slate Museum, watch the driver stoking the fire, the engine taking water, or spend some time in our gift shop and cafe.

The five mile return trip takes around 60 minutes, and all advertised trains are scheduled to be hauled by one of our vintage steam engines rescued from the nearby Dinorwic slate quarries and lovingly restored.

All our trains have wheelchair accommodation, but spaces are limited, so please let us know you are coming. Toilets, including disabled access, are situated nearby in the Country Park.

The Train Journey

Most of our passengers begin their journey at either Gilfach Ddu station, in Padarn Country Park or at Llanberis Station, now that the line has been extended. As it’s been our traditional terminus, we’ll start the journey at Gilfach Ddu.

If you arrive by car, you will find plenty of parking in the pay and display car park operated by Gwynedd Council. This serves the railway, the slate museum and several other attractions in Padarn Country Park. Before you make your way to the station, take a moment to think if you were here 200 years ago, you would be standing in the middle of the lake, as the whole of the car park and the area known as Gilfach Ddu is reclaimed land as a result of the quarry tipping slate waste into the only available space at the time, the lake. Would that be allowed today?

Tickets for the train ride are sold in the Station Building, as is a range of gifts,books, souvenirs and refreshments.