Heritage Railway activities in Europe

1. Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways

   • Porthmadog, Wales
   • Activities › Heritage railways

   There are 'little trains' all over Wales, a legacy of Victorian industry, but Porthmadog is doubly blessed. These two lines top and tail the town, with a station at each end of the High St. They're run by the oldest independent railway company in the world, established by an Act of Parliament in 1832.

   Departing from the south end, near the Cob, the Ffestiniog Railway is a fantastic, twisting and precipitous narrow-gauge railway that was built between 1832 and 1836 to haul slate down to Porthmadog from the mines at Blaenau Ffestiniog. Horse-drawn wagons were replaced in the 1860s by steam locomotives and the line became a passenger service. Saved after years of neglect, it…

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