Date: 5 March 2022
Location: Caernarfon 53.13831469°N, 4.27410806°W
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Construction of the £3m new terminus building for the narrow-gauge Welsh Highland Railway started in February 2017 and the facility officially opened in June 2019. The project was part of Caernarfon’s £16m waterfront renewal initiative.
Further Reading
Snowdon Ranger Crossing, Welsh Highland Railway
| Date | 22 March 2015 | ||
| Location | Snowdon Ranger Path | SH 56449 55194; 53.07462°N, 4.14425°W | |
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On its leg between Waufawr and Rhyd-Ddu stations, the Welsh Highland Railway skirts the shore of Llyn Cwellyn to the north east. Just below Llwyn Onn farm, it crosses the Snowdon Ranger Path, one of the main routes to the summit of Snowdon, which starts by the Youth Hostel on the banks of the lake. Further Reading
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Hurry!
| Date | 26 February 2012 | ||
| Location | Beddgelert | SH 58704 48092; 53.01142°N, 4.10749°W | |
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Welsh Highland Railway, Beddgelert
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Beddgelert station, Welsh Highland Railway
| Date | 11 September 2011 | ||
| Location | Beddgelert | SH 58704 48092; 53.01142°N, 4.10749°W | |
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The station at Beddgelert is one of 13 on the 25-mile-long Welsh Highland Railway (WHR), a restored narrow-gauge line running from Caernarfon to Porthmadog. The station originally operated from 1922 until its closure in 1936. Rebuilding commenced at the end of 2006 and it was officially opened in 2009. The original WHR was in use from 1922 to 1937, but was never a commercial success. The slate industry was in decline at that time and so provided little income from freight; and the passenger trains were uncompetitive compared to the local bus services. Although preservation work on the line dates back to the early 1960s, progress was greatly hindered for many years by disputes and legal wrangling between the interested parties. The ultimate outcome was that the Festiniog Railway Company — which already owned the Ffestiniog Railway (a narrow-gauge line from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog) — acquired the track bed and assumed responsibility for the restoration of the line in 1990. The rival WHR Ltd, which had also been vying for the track bed, now owns and operates the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, a ¾-mile section of track from Porthmadog to the WHR junction at Pen-y-Mount. The WHR has been opened in stages between 1997 and 2011 as separate sections of the line were restored. WHR History (Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways);
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Statue of Gelert, Beddgelert - (A)
| Date | 29 July 2010 | ||
| Location | Beddgelert, Wales |
(A) SH 59047 47790; 53.00880°N, 4.10226°W (B) SH 58699 48107; 53.01155°N, 4.10758°W |
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The Legend of Gelert The story of Beddgelert, myth or fact? Welsh Highland Railway |
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Rhyd Ddu with Snowdon in the background
| Date | 4 June 2010 | ||
| Location | Rhyd Ddu | SH 57097 52612 | 53.05159°N, 4.13344°W |
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