| Bala Lake Railway Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid | |
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 Alice at Llanuwchllyn, 18 July 2004 | |
| Locale | Wales |
| Terminus | Llanuwchllyn |
| Commercial operations | |
| Name | Ruabon–Barmouth line |
| Built by | GWR |
| Original gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Preserved operations | |
| Operated by | Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid Ltd |
| Length | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 1 ft 11+5⁄8 in (600 mm) |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | Between 1 December 1861 and 10 October 1867 |
| Closed to passengers | 18 January 1965 |
| Closed | 1968 |
| Preservation history | |
| Opened | 1972 |
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The Bala Lake Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid) is a narrow-gauge railway along the southern shore of Bala Lake in Gwynedd, North Wales. The line, which is 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) long, is built on a section of the former standard-gauge Ruabon–Barmouth GWR route that closed in 1965. Another section of the former permanent way is used by the Llangollen Railway. The Bala Lake Railway, which runs on 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)-gauge preserved rolling stock, is a member of the Great Little Trains of Wales.
The railway now has the largest collection of historic narrow-gauge quarry locomotives built specifically for the slate industry in North Wales by the Hunslet Engine Company in Leeds.