Bala and Festiniog Railway

Bala and Festiniog Railway
IndustryRailway company
PredecessorFestiniog and Blaenau Railway
Founded28 July 1873 (28 July 1873) (company formed)
1 November 1882 (1 November 1882) (railway opened)
Defunct1960 (1960) (passengers)
1961 (1961) (freight)
HeadquartersNorth Wales
Bala & Festiniog Railway
Blaenau Festiniog Junction
Blaenau Ffestiniog North
Blaenau Ffestiniog Ffestiniog Railway
Diphwys
(F&BR)
Glynllifon Street
(F&BR)
Former wooden viaduct
Tan-y-Manod
(F&BR)
Pengwern Quarry
Tyddyngwyn
(F&BR)
Manod
Teigl Halt
Festiniog
Maentwrog Road
Line to south dismantled
Trawsfynydd Lake Halt
Trawsfynydd Camp
Trawsfynydd
Llafar Halt
Bryn-Celynog Halt
Cwm Prysor Halt
Arenig
Capel Celyn Halt
Section flooded by Llyn Celyn
Tyddyn Bridge Halt
(under dam wall)
Frongoch
Bala (New)
Bala Junction
Bala (Penybont)
(original Bala Lake Halt)

The Bala and Festiniog Railway was a 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm), standard gauge, railway backed by the Great Western Railway (GWR)[1] in north-west Wales. It connected Bala with Blaenau Ffestiniog.

  1. ^ Awdry 1990, p. 15.