Built in 1859, originally being a horse-drawn tram-road, making it the first narrow-gauge railway in Mid-Wales.
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The Brecon Mountain Railway, “Rheilffordd Mynydd Brycheiniog”, is located on the edge of The Brecon Beacons National Park in South-East Wales, three miles north of Merthyr Tydfil. It runs five miles along mountain, lake and forest scenery, including the whole of the Pontsticill Reservoir, before ending its journey at Torpantau.
The Llanberis Lake Railway takes you on a five-mile return journey along the northern shore of the beautiful and tranquil lake of Llyn Padarn.
The station at Llangollen sits alongside the fourteenth century Dee Bridge (built in 1345) in the heart of the Welsh town of Llangollen. It is the only standard gauge heritage railway in North Wales.
The Ffestiniog Railway runs for 13.5 miles from Porthmadog to the historic slate town of Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Dduallt (meaning “Black Wooded Slope”) is the most remote station on the Ffestiniog Railway as it can only be reached by public footpaths.
Cwmorthin is a short trek away from the station at Tanygrisiau, but well worth a visit. There are several places to park at Tanygrisiau; there is a large car park as you drive towards the station, a small station car park, one by the popular Café and one at the quarry entrance. What’s more, they are all free. Tanygrisiau is also a station on the Ffestiniog Railway, near Blaenau Ffestiniog.
The Ffestiniog Railway Company operates the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways, which carry up to 400,000 passengers a year.
The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway runs from March to November from their main station opposite the Network Rail station in Porthmadog (on Tremadog Road).
The UKs longest heritage railway. Running 25 miles from Porthmadog to Caernarfon.
