Portmadoc (Harbour) - Blaenau Festiniog (LMS/GWR exchange)
Date Closed to Passenger Services
18 Sep 1939
Mileage Closed
12m 68c*
Stations Closed
Portmadoc (Harbour); Boston Lodge Halt (28/09/1936); Minffordd; Penrhyndeudraeth; Hafor-y-Llyn (03/1871); Tan-y-Bwlch; Dduallt; Tan-y-Grisiau; Blaenau Ffestiniog (LMS exchange)**; Blaenau Ffestiniog (GWR exchange)**
Services Operated
Portmadoc (Harbour) - Blaenau Festiniog (LMS exchange)***
Timetable Reference
B1274 Sep 1939 1090
Cobb Atlas Reference
306 57 38 - 307 70 45
Present Status
Preserved - see Notes below.
Map
RCH North Wales 1910
Further Notes
Festiniog Railway.
Track gauge 1ft. 11½in.; 597mm.
OCD - Mon 18/09/1939 - CPLGB; RPSGB. Timetable shows Week Days only, hence no Sunday service operating, but actually LTR - Fri 15/09/1939 according to RPSGB p541, so strictly speaking ACD should be Sat 16/09/1939.
*RCH NW 1910.
**Train service to LMS exchange continued to closure of line; service to GWR exchange last appears in B Jun 1939 - RPSGB.
***TT shows services to/from LMS station not GWR. The service became very erratic during the final years in the 1930s - see RPSGB p491 for more details.
Portmadoc (Harbour) - Blaenau Ffestiniog (new station) including Llyn Ystradau deviation RO progressively from 23/07/1955 to 25/05/1982 by the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways as a preserved tourist line.
Page updated: 05/01/2023