An introduction to the heritage railways of Wales.
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A beautiful nine-mile return journey beside Bala Lake.
Taking visitors from Fairbourne to the shores of the Mawddach Estuary for a hundred years.
An unforgettable trip up to 3,560 feet (1,085 meters) and the top of the highest mountain in England and Wales and panoramic views across Snowdonia and far beyond.
Built in 1859, originally being a horse-drawn tram-road, making it the first narrow-gauge railway in Mid-Wales.
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 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 Talyllyn Railway runs seven and a quarter miles along the beautiful Fathew Valley from the seaside town of Tywyn (on the Cardigan Bay coast) to Nant Gwernol.
Dduallt (meaning “Black Wooded Slope”) is the most remote station on the Ffestiniog Railway as it can only be reached by public footpaths.
The UKs longest heritage railway. Running 25 miles from Porthmadog to Caernarfon.
