in particular the settlements of Llan Ffestiniog and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It has a population of 4,875. Ffestiniog was a parish in Cantref Ardudwy; in 1284...
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The Ffestiniog Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales...
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Blaenau Ffestiniog (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈbleɨ̯naɨ̯ fɛstˈɪnjɔg]) is a town in Gwynedd, Wales. Once a slate mining centre in historic Merionethshire, it...
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Llan Ffestiniog, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan, is a village in Gwynedd (formerly in the county of Merionethshire), Wales, about 2 miles south...
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Bala and Festiniog Railway (redirect from Bala Ffestiniog Line)
north-west Wales. It connected Bala with Blaenau Ffestiniog. The railway originally connected Bala with Llan Ffestiniog. It was incorporated on 28 July 1873 and...
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The Ffestiniog Railway owns and operates a number of heritage and modern-day steam and diesel locomotives. A full list of these locomotives with details...
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Dinorwic Quarry near Llanberis, the Nantlle Valley quarries, and Blaenau Ffestiniog, where the slate was mined rather than quarried. Penrhyn and Dinorwig...
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Bethesda and Blaenau Ffestiniog. This article describes the complex evolution of railway passenger services in Blaenau Ffestiniog The Dinorwic and Penrhyn...
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Festiniog Railway 0-4-0TT (redirect from Ffestiniog Railway 0-4-0TT)
The Ffestiniog Railway 0-4-0T+T were six 0-4-0T+T steam locomotives built by George England and Co. for the Ffestiniog Railway between 1863 and 1867. The...
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The Ffestiniog Power Station (Welsh pronunciation) is a 360-megawatt (MW) pumped-storage hydroelectricity scheme near Ffestiniog, in Gwynedd, north-west...
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Llandudno via Llandudno Junction (Welsh: Cyffordd Llandudno) to Blaenau Ffestiniog, and was originally part of the London and North Western Railway, being...
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944; -4.006 The Vale of Ffestiniog is a valley in the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, North Wales. It stretches from Ffestiniog in the east and runs...
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Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station, where it connects with the Ffestiniog Railway. Before 1961 the route continued as the Bala and Ffestiniog Railway...
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Ffestiniog Travel was established in 1974. It is a sister company to the Ffestiniog Railway (FR), both organisations being owned by the Ffestiniog & Welsh...
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Fairlie locomotive (category Ffestiniog Railway)
success of Little Wonder on the Ffestiniog, Fairlie staged a series of very successful demonstrations on the Ffestiniog line in February 1870 to high-powered...
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Ffestiniog Memorial Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Coffa Ffestiniog) was a hospital in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Closed in 2013, it was managed by the...
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Beddgelert and the Aberglaslyn Pass. At Porthmadog it connects with the Ffestiniog Railway and to the short Welsh Highland Heritage Railway. In Porthmadog...
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(Welsh: Hen Neuadd y Farchnad Blaenau Ffestiniog) is a municipal building in the Market Place, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. The structure, which...
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Festiniog Railway served a cluster of quarries around the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Most of these were slate quarries, although granite quarries and...
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miles (8 km) east of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 km) north of Dolgellau and 20 miles (32 km) south of Caernarfon...
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Blaenau Ffestiniog North (initially named plain "Blaenau Festiniog", without a second f) was the London and North Western Railway's (LNWR's) second passenger...
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The Ffestiniog Flags is a geologic formation in Wales. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period. Earth sciences portal Wales portal Paleontology...
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Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station serves the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, and is the passenger terminus of the Conwy Valley Line from...
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The facility has its origins in the Ffestiniog Union Workhouse which opened in 1839. It became the Ffestiniog Public Assistance Institution in 1930...
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Blaenau Ffestiniog (Pantyrafon) was the London and North Western Railway's (LNWR) first passenger station in Blaenau Ffestiniog, then in Merionethshire...
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years, until the first such locomotive-hauled passenger railway, the Ffestiniog Railway, was built.[citation needed] In 1845, in the United Kingdom of...
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Rosae Crucis Ryanair (IATA code: FR), an Irish ultra low-cost airline Ffestiniog Railway, a tourist attraction in Gwynedd, Wales Furness Railway, an early...
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List of Welsh Highland Railway rolling stock (category Ffestiniog Railway)
owned by the Ffestiniog Railway Company which is used to operate the Welsh Highland Railway. The following locomotives are normally Ffestiniog Railway stock...
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The Ffestiniog transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located on the slopes of Mynydd Maentwrog about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)...
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Porthmadog, where passengers can change for services on the Ffestiniog Railway to Blaenau Ffestiniog. Bus services in the town are provided by Arriva Buses...
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