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The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR)or Rheilffordd Eryri is a long restored narrow gauge heritage railway in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, operating from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passing through a number of popular tourist destinations including Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass. At Porthmadog it connects with the Ffestiniog Railway and to the short Welsh Highland Heritage Railway. In Porthmadog it uses the United Kingdom's only mixed gauge flat rail crossing.

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  • Welsh Highland Railway
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  • The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR)or Rheilffordd Eryri is a long restored narrow gauge heritage railway in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, operating from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passing through a number of popular tourist destinations including Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass. At Porthmadog it connects with the Ffestiniog Railway and to the short Welsh Highland Heritage Railway. In Porthmadog it uses the United Kingdom's only mixed gauge flat rail crossing.
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  • and
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terminus
  • Caernarfon and Porthmadog
stations
  • 13(xsd:integer)
Closed
  • 1937(xsd:integer)
Events
  • WHR Society reformed as Welsh Highland Light Railway Limited
  • FR Co. became involved
  • Reopened – Beddgelert to
  • Reopened – Dinas to
  • Reopened – Hafod y Llyn to
  • Reopened – Pont Creosor to
  • Reopened – Rhyd Ddu to
  • Reopened – Waunfawr to
  • WHR opened from to
  • WHR Ltd. line opened for passenger service
  • First through public passenger trains between Porthmadog and Caernarfon
Name
  • Rheilffordd Eryri
  • Welsh Highland Railway
Locale
Caption
  • WHR locomotive K1, the first Garratt articulated locomotive, at Snowdon Ranger halt with train and Snowdonia behind
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  • lower-alpha
stageyears
  • 1961(xsd:integer)
builtby
  • North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways , Welsh Highland Railway
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