Fairbourne Railway

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Fairbourne Railway Rheilffordd y Friog
Official badge of the railway
Locale	Wales
Terminus	Fairbourne and Barmouth Ferry
Coordinates	52°41′42″N 4°03′03″W / 52.69512°N 4.05085°W / 52.69512; -4.05085
Commercial operations
Name	Fairbourne Miniature Railway
Built by	Narrow Gauge Railways Ltd
Original gauge	1895-1916: 2 ft (610 mm) 1916-1940:
Preserved operations
Owned by	North Wales Coast Light Railway
Operated by	Fairbourne Railway Limited, supported by Fairbourne Railway Preservation Society
Stations	2 and 4 halts
Length	2 miles (3.2 km)
Preserved gauge	1947 - 1986: 15 in (381 mm) (restored as dual gauge in 2017 from Fairbourne station to Car Park crossing) 1986 – present: 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm)
Commercial history
Opened	1895
1916	converted to 15 in (381 mm)
Closed	1940
Preservation history
1925	Arrival of Bassett-Lowke locomotive Count Louis
1927	Brief period of dual gauge operation (18 in (457 mm) and 15 in (381 mm))
1935	First Internal Combustion locomotive Whippit Quick arrives.
1947	Purchased and re-opened by John Wilkins
1959	Fairbourne Station expanded
1976	Line extended to its present length
1984	Purchased by John Ellerton
1986	regauged to 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm)
1995	Purchased by Professor Tony Atkinson and Dr Roger Melton
2006	Fairbourne Railway Supporter's Association becomes Fairbourne Railway Preservation Society
Route map Legend Barmouth Ferry Jack Steele Tunnel Estuary Halt passing loop Loop Halt Golf Halt Beach Halt Penrhyn Corner crossing Car Park crossing Springfield crossing former section to old brickworks Fairbourne Fairbourne Cambrian Line to Shrewsbury & Pwllheli This diagram: view talk edit

The Fairbourne Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd y Friog) is a 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) gauge miniature railway running for 2 miles (3.2 km) from the village of Fairbourne on the Mid-Wales coast, alongside the beach to the end of a peninsula at Barmouth Ferry railway station, where there is a connection with the Barmouth Ferry across the Mawddach estuary to the seaside resort of Barmouth (Welsh: Abermaw).^[1]