Date: 07/05/2017

MEIRIONNYDDS latest heritage railway venture are looking to secure thousands of pounds in investment to continue with their venture. The Blaenau Ffestiniog and Trawsfynydd Railway is on track to receive £2,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund - but only if they can raise £5,000 themselves first. The BFT Railway Society is aiming to restore a seven-mile section of mothballed railway in north Wales. The line has been left dormant since the last train ran in 1998 on decommissioning work, for the nuclear power plant in Trawsfynydd.

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MEIRIONNYDDS latest heritage railway venture are looking to secure thousands of pounds in investment to continue with their venture.

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Looking south from the site of Festiniog station at Llan Ffestiniog towards Trawsfynydd in March 2015. The line closed in 1961 but reopened for traffic to the nuclear power station in 1964. The last flask train ran in 1998 when Trawsfynydd closed but the disused tracks remain. [Ref queries 2931 / 4434]
Location: Festiniog
Company: Festiniog and Blaenau Railway
15/03/2015 Mark Bartlett

Looking south over Maentwrog Road station in 2002 towards the twin Magnox reactors of Trawsfynydd nuclear power station. Closed to passengers in 1960 and to all traffic a year later, the line was reopened from Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1964 to serve the new power station a mile to the south. It finally closed in 1998 following the decommissioning of Trawsfynydd. The station building at Maentwrog Road is now part of a private residence.
Location: Maentwrog Road
Company: Bala and Festiniog Railway
//2002 Ewan Crawford