Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
This is the website of the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways - two unique narrow gauge railways (both operated by the Ffestiniog Railway Company) with a fascinating past and an even more exciting future. We are currently re-instating the long-lost railway link between Caernarfon and Porthmadog. By the end of 2009 we hope that you will be able to travel from Caernarfon right through to Blaenau Ffestiniog – almost 40 miles of narrow-gauge steam!
The RHEILFFORDD ERYRI / WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY (CAERNARFON) is North Wales’ newest railway. Trains run on a spectacular 19˝ mile scenic journey from Caernarfon - climbing from sea level to over 650ft as they cross the flanks of Mount Snowdon, before zigzagging dramatically down the steep hillside to reach the village of Beddgelert and the magnificent Aberglaslyn Pass (recently voted the ‘most scenic view in the UK’ by members of the National Trust).

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The RHEILFFORDD FFESTINIOG RAILWAY takes you on a 13˝-mile journey from the harbour in Porthmadog to the slate-quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Our historic trains climb over 700 feet from sea level into the mountains through tranquil pastures and magnificent forests, past lakes and waterfalls, round horseshoe bends (even a complete spiral) clinging to the side of the mountain or even tunnelling through it.

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