Pont Rug railway station was located to the east of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, where the A4086 crosses the Afon Seiont.
The station opened in 1880. It consisted of a single short platform with no goods facilities other than small parcels. It closed from January 1917 to July 1919 as a wartime economy measure, then closed completely in 1930.
Summer excursions to Llanberis passed through until September 1962 and freight lingered on until the line closed in September 1964. The tracks were lifted in early 1965.
Pont Rug was at the midpoint of a five-mile climb from Pont Seiont to , mostly at 1 in 62 or 1 in 68. In 1958 the station building was in use as a dwelling.
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External links The station on a navigable OS Map in National Library of Scotland The station and line in Rail Map Online The station and line CLS with mileages in Railway Codes Images of the station in Yahoo The station and line in Rail Chronology The station and line in Signalling Record Society 1957 railtour including the line in Manchester Railway Society 5 May 1957 railtour record in Six Bells Junction