Dinas
Welsh Highland Railway train from Porthmadog Harbour to Caernarfon arriving at Dinas on 22nd May 2016. Before the original 1930s closure of the WHR this was the northern terminus of the narrow gauge, where passengers changed to the standard gauge Afon Wen to Bangor line to reach Caernarfon. This line was closed south of Caernarfon in 1964 and north of Caernarfon in 1970, leaving the popular tourist town without a railway. It also left the trackbed between Dinas and Caernarfon free so that, when the WHR rose like a phoenix from its derelict state, it could access Caernarfon along the old standard gauge line to a new station for the town, south of the tunnel and in view of the castle. This was the first part of the revived narrow gauge line to open in 1997 along a section that was never originally part of the WHR at all.
Location: Dinas
Original line: Nantlle Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Welsh Highland Railway 2016 and 2019
Date: 26/05/2016
Image number: 79316
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