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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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