Portmadoc (Harbour) (excl.) - Dinas Junction (WHR)
Date Closed to Passenger Services
28 Sep 1936
Mileage Closed
21m 73c*
Stations Closed
Portmadoc (New) (1st) (05/1929); Portmadoc (New) (2nd); Pont Croesor; Ynysfor; Croesor Junction; Hafod Garregog; Hafod-y-Llyn; Aberglaslyn**; Beddgelert; Hafod Ruffydd; Pitt's Head; South Snowden; Quellyn Lake; Quellyn (01/06/1878); Plas-y-Nant; Salem; Bettws Garmon; Waenfawr; Tryfan Junction; Dinas Junction (WHR)
Services Operated
Blaenau Festiniog - Dinas Junction
Timetable Reference
B1227 Oct 1935 1079***
Cobb Atlas Reference
306 57 38 - 329 47 58
Present Status
Preserved - see Notes below.
Map
RCH RJD 136 1910
Further Notes
Welsh Highland Railway.
Track gauge 1ft. 11½in.; 597mm.
Dinas Jct.- South Snowden as North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway CL - Wed 01/11/1916; RO - Mon 31/07/1922. Extended to Portmadoc Fri 01/06/1923 and linked to Festiniog Railway.
Erratic service operated - see RPSGB p537/8 for details of services operated. ***B1227 1079 no service shown.
OCD - Mon 28/09/1936. LTR - Sat 26/09/1936 - RPSGB.
*Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire (Boyd) OP p250 & p372.
**Nantmor, for Aberglaslyn in Bradshaw TT.
Portmadoc (Harbour) - Dinas Junction (with some deviation from original route in Portmadoc) and extension to Caernarvon on former LNWR Afon Wen - Bangor line RO between 11/10/1997 and 19/02/2011 by the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways as a preserved, tourist line.
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