The Welsh Highland Railway / Rheilffordd Eryri
The Welsh Highland Railway now runs from Caernarfon to Portmadog and five stations or halts are situated in our study area:
Snowdon Ranger – Halt
Rhyd Ddu – Station
Meillionen – Halt [temporarily closed until June 2018]
Beddgelert – Station
Nantmor – Halt
Railway Book 1922
Name
Gauge
Date Incorporated
Date Opened
Length
Head Office
Secretary
Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon
1ft 11 1/2in
7 August 1901
–
4 miles 60 chains
Clark Street, Dolgarrog, North Wales
C. E. Hemmings, 4 Broad St. Place, London EC2
Welsh Highland Railway 1923-1937
1941: Track taken up for use in war effort.
The Portmadoc, Beddgelert & South Snowdon Railway (PBSSR) never ran a service.
2009: The rebuilt Beddgelert Station was officially opened by Lord Elis-Thomas on 7 April 2009.
