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Fairbourne Railway

 
Description: Miniature railway in North Wales. Fairbourne Railway runs for 2 miles from the village of Fairbourne (near the Fairbourne standard-gauge station) to the end of a peninsula, where there is a connection with a foot ferry across the Mawddach estuary to the ... more
Fairbourne Railway ... seaside resort of Barmouth/Abermaw. The track is laid to a gauge of 121⁄4 in (311 mm). The line was opened in 1895 as 2 ft (610 mm) gauge, initially as a horse-drawn construction tramway. It was converted in 1916 to 15 in (381 mm) gauge, and again to its present gauge in 1986.


John+Reid
Express Review on Fairbourne Railway
by John Reid - written on 14.08.07
Rating:

wonderful I enjoyed it very much. I would recommend the through ticket on the ferry (make sure you get the railway ferry though) and visit barmouth to make a day of it.

 

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