Welsh Highland Railway 2025

The rebuilt railway runs from the Ffestiniog Railway's Porthmadog Harbour Station, via Snowdonia and the Aberglaslyn Pass to Caernarfon. This 2ft gauge railway is home to NGG16 Beyer Garratt steam locomotives.

Contacts

Operator: Ffestiniog Railway Company

Address: Harbour Station Porthmadog Gwynedd LL49 9NF

Telephone: 01766 516 000
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Website: View website

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Open Days & Times

Tue-Thu, Sat-Sun 29 Mar-3 Apr. Daily 6 Apr-Oct (not 3 Oct). Visit website or facebook for more details and advance booking.

Travel

By Bus: various
By Rail: Portmadog / 1 mile

Facilities

Parking
Refreshments
Souvenir Shop
Part disabled access

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The Ffestiniog Railway is the world’s oldest narrow gauge railway with almost 200 years of history, taking you on a 13½ mile journey from the harbour in Porthmadog to the slate-quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog. The historic trains climb over 700ft from sea level into the mountains through tranquil pastures and magnificent forests, past lakes and waterfalls, round tight bends, clinging to the side of the mountain or tunnelling through it. The railway and its infrastructure are now an integral part of the UNESCO “Slate landscape of North Wales” World Heritage Site.