Imagine a railway that runs 40 miles from the north Wales coast at Caernarfon through the heart of Snowdonia, linking Beddgelert, Porthmadog and the slate mines at Blaenau Ffestiniog. A railway which starts under the walls of Caernarfon castle, runs past streams and woodlands, skirts around lakes to the foothills of Snowdon, passes through forests, and races across the flatlands to Porthmadog where it joins up with one of the world’s most famous and historic narrow-gauge railways.
At Easter, The Welsh Highland Railway (Rheilffordd Eryri) opened it's Porthmadog to Beddgelert route, and it is hoped that the final stage - the reopening to Porthmadog Harbour - will be complete by July.
The WHR is one of the most exciting railway project in the country - providing ‘access for all’ to some of the best scenery in the UK. It’s quite simply a must-see.............and is just one of the five Great Little Trains Of Wales within easy driving distance of our cottages at Llwyndyrus Farm.
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