Pontrhythallt was a railway station in the village of Pont Rhythallt,

Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...

, Wales. This station opened in 1869 and closed for regular passenger services in 1930, but trains continued to pass through until the last goods train of all on 3 September 1964, which delivered a panel of lap fencing. The station was at the end of a nearly five mile climb from crossing the Afon Seiont on the southern edge of Caernarfon. Pontrhythallt's "Home" signal was the first since leaving the town, earlier. The 1939

Working timetable A working timetable (WTT) - (Fr. ''horaire de service (HDS)'' or ''service annuel (SA)''; N. America ''Employee timetable'') - The data defining all planned train and rolling-stock movements which will take place on the relevant infrastructure duri ...

shows that some excursions made unadvertised stops at Pontrhythallt.The station and line's Summer 1939 Working Timetable, via ''Rail Chronology''
/ref> The line was lifted in early 1965. The station survives as a private dwelling. The bridge over the

Afon Rhythallt The River Rhythallt (Welsh language, Welsh: Afon Rhythallt) is a river in Gwynedd, North Wales whose source is Llyn Padarn. It flows in a northwesterly direction past the village of Brynrefail, Gwynedd and changes its name to Afon Seiont downstre ...

immediately next to the station has lost its original railway decking, but has been replaced with a footbridge.

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