Dinorwic Railway

Dinorwic Railway
Overview
HeadquartersLlanberis
LocaleNorth Wales
Dates of operation1824–May 1843[1]
SuccessorPadarn Railway
Technical
Track gauge2 ft (610 mm)
Length8.25 miles (13.28 km)[2]
Railways to Dinorwic
1824-43 wharf
Port Dinorwic
1843-1961 wharf
1852-1962 wharf
Port incline
Port Dinorwic stations
Left arrowCaernarfonBangorRight arrow
Penscoins
Cefn-Gwyn Crossing
Garth incline
Bethel
Pen-Sarn
Craig-Lwyd incline
Pont Rhythallt Mill West
Pen-yr incline
Pont Rhythallt Mill East
Pontrhythallt
Pont-Rhythallt
Chwarel-Fawr quarry
Pen-y-Llyn
Allt Ddu quarry
Cwm-y-Glo
Allt Ddu incline
Penllyn (LLR)
The Village branch
Cei Llydan
hospital
Gilfach Ddu
Vivian quarry
Llanberis
Gilfach Ddu (LLR)
Llanberis (LLR)
steam mill
Garret quarry
The Tramline
enlarge… Llanberis (SMR)
Wellington & Muriau
Braich quarry
Hafod Owen
Australia quarry
LowerLeft arrow to Summit (SMR)
Victoria quarry
Key
Carnarvonshire Railway
Dinorwic Railway
Llanberis Lake Railway
LLR on Padarn Route
Padarn Railway
quarry gauge
Snowdon Mountain Railway

The Dinorwic Railway was an early 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge industrial railway connecting the slate quarry at Dinorwic in Caernarvonshire with the coastal port at Y Felinheli. The line is sometimes referred to as the Dinorwic Tramroad or the Dinorwic Tramway.[3]

  1. ^ Boyd 1986, p. 1.
  2. ^ Boyd 1986, p. 25.
  3. ^ Turner 1975, p. 65.