Please allow plenty of time for your journey in order to arrive at the station 20 minutes before your booked departure time.
Please allow plenty of time for your journey in order to arrive at the station 20 minutes before your booked departure time due to ongoing roadworks along the A4086 to Llanberis, with similar roadworks between the A4244 and the B4547 Brynrefail to Pentir. This is due to the National Grid project of replacing existing underground cables between Dinorwig power station and the sub station at Pentir.
The up to date information can be found on the National Grid.
Halloween Hunt
Halloween Hunt 26 October – 1 November 2023
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.
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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.
Dathlu 50 mlynedd 2022
This Video is in Welsh only, English version to follow
Tickets
For all online ticket bookings please collect your ticket from our main station at:
Gilfach Ddu,
Padarn Country Park,
Llanberis
LL55 4TY
We are also dog friendly
Llanberis Lake Railway Visitor Survey 2023
We are seeking the views of visitors to the Railway through an online survey and would really appreciate it if you could spend a few minutes answering a few online questions. These can be accessed via the link below.
We would really like to know more about your experiences, and your views on how we can improve facilities, and make future visits even more enjoyable.
The survey is running between August and October 2023, and there will be a monthly draw for those taking part, with one lucky entrant every month winning a family ticket to be used anytime in the next 12 months.
The survey will take less than 10 minutes, and the answers provided will help us greatly in developing the railway in the future.
