The Ffestiniog Railway

The Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales is the oldest railway company in the World still running trains, being founded by Act of Parliament in 1832. The railway was built as a gravity and horse drawn line to transport slate from the quarries in the mountains around Blaenau Ffestiniog. As the slate industry flourished, so did the railway and the town of Porthmadog. Slates from Blaenau Ffestiniog were exported all over the globe - many in ships built in Porthmadog.

This video shows trains between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Tan y Bwlch, showing both stations, a window hang between the two stations passing all stations inbetween and pictures of trains throughout the day.

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[CoachAlex1996]

@northeastbusrail Cool, and not yet as I have only travelled where it is seen in the video (I wont even try spelling the stations lol) but I may when Im a bit older :)

[northeastbusrail]

Briliant vid. Going on holiday to wales in a few weeks, and will probably visit the Ffestioniog. Have you been to Betws-Y-Coed? It has a huge model railway shop and minature railway, as well as a very grand station building.

[CoachAlex1996]

@allan5919 Cheers Allan,

Its a great little railway and goes by some picturesque (sorry if I spelt it wrong) scenery and its worth a visit. You can ask for the tickets in english as there are english speaking staff as well :)

[allan5919]

A excellent video and text info. Looks a great little railway.

I must put this line on my 'to do' list but I'll get someone else to ask for the tickets for me.