Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll

Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll with 158836 on the 15:38 Holyhead to Birmingham International
on 9th Oct 2023. Also known as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. This is believed to be the only surviving example of a gate box (for controlling the adjacent level crossing) and the earliest example of a signal box in Wales, Llanfair P. G. crossing box was erected for the London & North Western Railway (Chester & Holyhead Railway) by Saxby & Farmer around 1871.

Location: Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll

Original line: Chester and Holyhead Railway

Photographer: Stephen Willetts

Contact photographer: Stephen Willetts

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Date: 09/10/2023

Image number: 87847


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