The Welsh Highland Railway - 'WHR' - (Welsh: Rheilffordd Eryri) is a restored narrow gauge railway located in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The 25-mile (40.2 km) long 1 ft 11 ½ in (597 mm) gauge line connects Caernarfon to Porthmadog, the line passes through the scenic Aberglaslyn Gorge as well as serving the popular tourist village of Beddgelert. The railway shares Porthmadog Harbour station with the Ffestiniog Railway's line to Blaenau Ffestiniog. One of the line's notable features is the United Kingdom's only mixed gauge flat rail crossing.
During restoration most of the civil engineering was undertaken by contractors whilst the track was laid by volunteers. The original WHR ran from Porthmadog to Dinas, where it connected with the standard gauge Caernarfon to Afon Wen line. The modern day WHR uses the track bed of the long closed Afon Wen line to access its modern Caernarfon terminus in the shadow of the city's impressive castle, conveniently situated close to both the harbour and the town centre.
Bryngwyn and the slate quarries around Moel Tryfan were served by a short branch off the original WHR, the old branch line trackbed is now a footpath know as the "rail trail".
The 3/4 mile (1.2 km) long Welsh Highland Heritage Railway runs from its station close to the Cambrian Coast Railway's Porthmadog station along the trackbed of the former Cambrian Railways exchange siding to connect to the WHR main line at Pen-y-Mount junction.
To watch the videos I made documenting the reopening of the WHR, please click on the following links - • Part 1 - Welsh Highlan... • Part 2 - Welsh Highlan... • Part 3 - Welsh Highlan...
Map 00:30 Google Earth/Maps
Map 00:36 OpenRailwayMap - Use of the 'OpenRailwayMap' mark is licenced by the OpenStreetMap Foundation
To find out more about the railway or to book your own Welsh Highland Railway adventure please click on this link - www.festrail.co.uk/
01:38- Beddgelert
03:19 - Goat Tunnel or No.1 Tunnel (38 Metres)
05:47 - A498 (road)
06:12 - Afon Glaslyn (river)
08:35 - Aberglaslyn Pass
09:27 - Aberglaslyn No.2 Tunnel (29 metres)
09:46 - Aberglaslyn No.3 Tunnel (9 metres)
10:08 - Aberglaslyn No.4 Tunnel (292 metres)
12:18 - Nantmor
14:12 - A4085 (road)
16:23 - Hafod y Llyn
24:43 - B4410 (road)
26:27 - Afon Glaslyn
27:10 - Pont Croesor
33:51 - Pen-y-Mount Junction
34:25 - Pen-y-Mount Junction, Station
34:45 - Welsh Highland Heritage Railway
34:57 - Porthmadog bypass
36:49 - Cambrian Coast Railway
37:47 - Snowdon Street
38:38 - Porthmadog
40:16 - Britannia Bridge
41:43 - Porthmadog Harbour Station
45:16 - Boston Lodge Works
22 сен 2023
