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Beddgelert railway station is a railway station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway in North Wales. The rebuilt station was officially opened by Lord Elis-Thomas on 7 April 2009. History
Beddgelert; Nantmor; Hafod y Llyn; Hafod Garregog Halt [1] Croesor Junction [1] Ynysfor Halt [1] Pont Croesor Halt [1] Portmadoc New (1933) station [1] Portmadoc New (1923) station [1] Porthmadog Harbour
The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR; Welsh: Rheilffordd Eryri) is a 25-mile (40.2 km) long, restored 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (597 mm) 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.
A view of Beddgelert, 1814 The River Glaslyn at Beddgelert St Mary's Church Inside St Mary's Church. Beddgelert (Welsh: [bɛðˈgɛlɛrt] ⓘ) is a village and community in the Snowdonia area of Gwynedd, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2021 census was 460 (rounded to the nearest 10). [1] This includes Nantmor and Nant Gwynant.
The section of the line to Beddgelert passes Pitt's Head, at 650 ft the highest point on the route, and down at a gradient of 1 in 40 (2.5%) into the forest. The railway rapidly loses height through two S-bends, between which is the new Meillionen (= clover) Forest Camp Site Halt and below which is the new station at Beddgelert.
English: Map of the community of Beddgelert in Gwynedd. This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Gwynedd UK community map (blank).svg (by Nilfanion ).
Dinas station in 1883. A NWNGR train with Beddgelert and a LNWR train are waiting on the platforms. The company was formed in 1871, and authorised by the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Act 1872, to build "certain railways in the counties of Carnarvon and Merioneth" and to raise £216,000 in capital.
Nant Gwynant power station There were several attempts by the North Wales Power and Traction Company to promote lines between Portmadoc and Beddgelert with extensions at either end. These culminated in a proposal in 1901, for a 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 597 mm ) narrow gauge electric railway to use three phase alternating current at about 630 ...