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    52.98194; -4.04028 The Croesor Tramway was a Welsh, 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway line built to carry slate from the Croesor slate mines to Porthmadog...
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    Croesor is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales, located at the foot of Cnicht, in Cwm Croesor, in the community of Llanfrothen. The Croesor Tramway travelled...
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  • line runs through. The Croesor Tramway was built to take slate traffic from the Croesor and New Rhosydd quarries. The Croesor tramway had run from Portmadoc...
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    Croesor quarry is a large underground slate mine in North Wales which was served by Croesor Tramway. Small scale quarrying began in the 1846, and by 1861...
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    Hafod y Llyn and Pen-y-Mount Junction. Originally, as part of the Croesor Tramway, there was a siding at this location but no station. When the WHR was...
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    a reputation for being unreliable. The Croesor Tramway had run from Porthmadog since 1863 up into the Croesor Valley and the slate quarries in this area...
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    compact underground slate quarry in the Croesor Valley, Gwynedd, North Wales. It was connected to the Croesor Tramway, which ran through the valley. The quarry...
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    Railway ran. A solution was found in 1864, with the opening of the Croesor Tramway, to which the quarry was connected by one of the longest single-pitch...
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    Finished product was transported to the slate quays of Porthmadog by the Croesor Tramway. Pant Mawr was the first of the two quarries to be established, around...
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    Highland Railway as part of its construction, and utilised parts of the Croesor Tramway and the aborted Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway (PBSSR)...
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    sands via Morfa Bychan, Borth y gest, Portmadoc and, using part of the Croesor Tramway, to Beddgelert to link with the South Snowdon Quarries (hence the title)...
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    much of the earlier 1800 embankment was used as the route for the Croesor Tramway when it was built between 1862 and 1864. It is now used by the Welsh...
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  • up the lease. Roberts was involved in the Croesor Tramway to a much greater extent than the Gorseddau Tramway. It was constructed in two parts, with the...
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    1863, the Croesor Tramway was built, connecting the slate quarries of the Croesor valley with Porthmadog. This 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge tramway crossed...
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    tramway from quarries in Ffestiniog and Llanfrothen. The Ffestiniog Railway opened in 1836, followed by the Gorseddau Tramway in 1856 and the Croesor...
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    running. a short small curve onto Madoc Street to join to the existing Croesor Tramway line which was taken over by the Welsh Highland Railway. The line reopened...
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    Caernarvonshire, Volume One: The Embankment Tramway, Gorseddau Tramway, Festiniog and Blaenau Railway, Croesor Tramway, Bettws-y-Coed & Festiniog Railway, North...
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  • 1954 reopened 23 July 1955 to 25 May 1982 (in stages); still open; Croesor Tramway at Beddgelert Sidings, near Porthmadog; opened 1864; became part of...
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  • Halt Beddgelert Nantmor Hafod y Llyn Hafod Garregog Halt Croesor Junction Ynysfor Halt Pont Croesor Halt Portmadoc New (1933) station Portmadoc New (1923)...
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    unknown) Cowlyd Tramway (defunct) Croesor Tramway (defunct) Deep Navigation Colliery (defunct) Dinorwic Railway (defunct) Eigiau Quarry Tramway (defunct) Eigiau...
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  • Porthmadog and the junction with the Croesor Tramway was again re-used to connect the Moel y Gest quarry tramway via the Croesor and the Festiniog to the wharves...
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    Ffestiniog). The line over the bridge also connected with the Gorseddau and Croesor Tramways and was later used by Welsh Highland Railway passenger trains from...
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    locomotive-hauled railway in the world: the 4 ft (1,219 mm) gauge Penydarren Tramway in south Wales. Although this first use of locomotives was a limited and...
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  • Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. The Croesor Tramway becomes the Portmadoc, Croesor and Beddgelert Tram Railway. Butter (General) Market...
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    the power company; one of its assets was the 2 ft gauge horse-worked Croesor Tramway. Working with Evan Robert Davies – a Pwllheli solicitor and friend...
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    incline down to the Croesor Tramway. A prospectus published in 1873 stated that it would be easy to build a tramway to the Croesor tramway, but this appeared...
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  • Rhosydd Quarry narrow gauge railway incline on the upper Croesor Tramway at the head of the Croesor valley. The Llandudno Improvement Commissioners attempt...
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    Carnarvonshire Railway Afon Wen Criccieth Black Rock Halt Wern Goods Portmadoc Croesor Tramway flat crossing Portmadoc Harbour (FR) Boston Lodge Halt (FR) Minffordd...
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    used in the dyke's construction. The rails were later used by the Croesor Tramway. In 1807 Madocks obtained a local act of Parliament, Madocks' Estate...
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  • Orme Tramways and Other Rail Systems. Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-328-1. Southern, Dave; Barell, Adrian (2018). The Croesor Tramway. The Welsh...
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