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Rheilffordd Ffestiniog Railway

Harbour Station - Porthmadog - Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom LL49 9NF

Featured Review : The Ffestiniog Railway, now a tourist attraction run by steam train enthusiasts, was originally built as a gravity and horse drawn line to carry slate from the quarries in the mountains around Blaenau Ffestiniog. As the ...See Full Review

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Rheilffordd Ffestiniog Railway Reviews

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Choo-Choo Up the Mountain

  • 5 out of 5 stars by MagdaDH_AlexH from Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • December 7, 2009
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Quote: The Ffestiniog Railway, now a tourist attraction run by steam train enthusiasts, was originally built as a gravity and horse drawn line to carry slate from the quarries in the mountains around Blaenau Ffestiniog. As the slate industry declined, the... Read the full Rheilffordd Ffestiniog Railway review

From journal North Wales 2007

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Ffestiniog Railway

  • 4 out of 5 stars by Timone from Warwick, United Kingdom
  • October 11, 2002
Quote: The Ffestiniog Railway is a 21km train ride on narrow gauge rails past lakes, woodlands, and waterfalls within Snowdonia National Park. Initially the carts were pulled by horses, but in 1863 the first steam engine was used. Passenger services began... Read the full Rheilffordd Ffestiniog Railway review

From journal The beauty of Wales

Ffestiniog Railway

  • 4 out of 5 stars by davidx from Todmorden, England, United Kingdom
  • June 10, 2002
Quote: This is one of the most scenic, if not THE most scenic, of the UK's privately owned steam railways. Like most things in the area, it was founded for slate which was brought down to Porthmadog by the force of gravity, initially. The empty wagons... Read the full Rheilffordd Ffestiniog Railway review

From journal Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd