Friday, 2 April 2010
Tremadog
Tremadog (sometimes Anglicised to Tremadoc) is a village on the outskirts of Porthmadog, in Gwynedd, north west Wales. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798. The centre of Tremadog was complete by 1811 and remains substantially unaltered.
Porthmadog
Porthmadog known locally as "Port", is a small coastal town and community in Caernarfonshire, North Wales. It falls under the Eifionydd administrative area of Gwynedd, prior to the Local Government Act 1972 it was in the administrative county of Caernarfonshire. The town lies 5 miles (8 km) east of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 km) south west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 km) north of Dolgellau and 20 miles (32 km) south of Caernarfon.
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The Ffestiniog Railway
The Ffestiniog Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a narrow gauge heritage railway, located in Gwynedd in Wales. It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park.
The railway is about 131⁄2 miles (21.7 km) long and runs from the harbour at Porthmadog to the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog. The line travels through mountainous scenery and is single track with passing places. The track gauge is 1 ft 111⁄2 in (597 mm). The first part of the line runs along a 1 mile (1.6 km) long embankment called "the Cob", which is the dyke of the Traeth Mawr "polder".
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Cambrian Railways
Cambrian Railways for connections between London and North Wales. The Cambrian Railways were absorbed by the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1922 as a result of the owned 230 miles (370 km) of track over a large area of mid-Wales. The system was an amalgamation of a number of railways that were incorporated in 1864, 1865 and 1904. The Cambrian connected with two of the larger railways to give connections to the North West of England, via the London and North Western Railway; and with the Great Western RailwayRailways Act 1921. The name is continued today in the route known as the Cambrian Line.
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