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    The Nantlle Railway (or Nantlle Tramway) was a Welsh narrow gauge railway. It was built to carry slate from several slate quarries across the Nantlle Valley...
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    Nantlle was a railway station located in Talysarn, a neighbouring village to Nantlle, in Gwynedd, Wales. From 1828 the narrow gauge, horse-drawn Nantlle...
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    The Nantlle Valley (Welsh: Dyffryn Nantlle, IPA: [ˈdəfrɨn ˈnantɬɛ]) is an area in Gwynedd, North Wales, characterised by its numerous small settlements...
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  • Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway and the other from Penygroes to Nantlle. The latter originally formed part of the narrow gauge Nantlle Railway, which between Penygroes...
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    Pen-yr-Orsedd quarry (category Dyffryn Nantlle)
    slate producers of the Nantlle Valley. It was the last of the Nantlle quarries to commercially produce slate, closing in 1979. Railway enthusiast Rich Morris...
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  • edge in the late 1860s Carnarvon Castle railway station, northern passenger terminus of the Nantlle Railway in the mid-nineteenth century Caernarfon...
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    Carnarvon Castle railway station was opened in 1856 by the narrow gauge Nantlle Railway near the foot of what is today the Allt Y Castell which slopes...
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    exporting slate from the Dyffryn Nantlle quarries. This traffic was facilitated from 1828 by the Nantlle Railway which predated far more widely known...
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    Pendleton Colliery and Nantlle Railway, while his uncle George Stephenson and cousin Robert Stephenson were prolific railway engineers. He was educated...
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    Groeslon railway station served the village of Groeslon, Gwynedd, Wales. It operated first as part of the Nantlle Tramway and afterwards as a railway under...
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  • Map Online The line CNV with mileages Railway Codes The Nantlle Railway Jagger's Heritage The Nantlle Railway in Caernarfon Festipedia Pant station location...
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  • Thumbnail for Slate industry in the Nantlle Valley
    The Slate Industry in the Nantlle Valley was the major industry of the area. The Nantlle Valley is the site of oldest slate quarry in Wales at Cilgwyn...
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  • Llanwnda railway station served the village of Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales. A halt named Pwllheli Road existed here on the horse-drawn Nantlle Railway from 1856...
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    services are operated by the Festiniog Railway Company. A halt existed here on the horse-drawn Nantlle Railway from 1856 to 12 June 1865. From the outset...
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    Corris is a station on the Corris Railway in Merioneth (now Gwynedd), Wales. It was built in 1859 when the railway was first opened as the Corris, Machynlleth...
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    Penygroes railway station was located in Penygroes, Gwynedd, Wales. The narrow gauge, horse-drawn Nantlle Railway had a station near the site from 1856...
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    Penrhyn Quarry near Bethesda, the Dinorwic Quarry near Llanberis, the Nantlle Valley quarries, and Blaenau Ffestiniog, where the slate was mined rather...
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  • Narrow-gauge railways were used extensively in the slate industry of Great Britain, especially in Wales. Many quarries had internal tramways, some using...
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  • list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to...
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  • Thumbnail for Machynlleth railway station (Corris Railway)
    Machynlleth was a station on the Corris Railway in Merioneth (now Gwynedd), Wales. It was opened in 1863 as a pair of wharves for the transshipment of...
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    gauge railways Heritage railway 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways in the United Kingdom 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in the United Kingdom 3 ft gauge railways in...
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    station on the Corris Railway in Merioneth (now Gwynedd), Wales. It was opened in 1887 as the northern passenger terminus of the railway. It closed to passengers...
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  • the course of a narrow gauge line, the Nantlle Railway built at 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge and running from Nantlle to Caernarfon Slate Quay from 1828 to...
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    Junction Railway Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. cxliv) Cemmes Road railway station. Sirhowy Railway Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. lxxi) Mid Wales Railway (Llangurig...
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    Welsh Highland Railway led to an upper plateau from where quarry owned lines radiated to several slate quarries in the Moel Tryfan and Nantlle area. Although...
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    Caernarvon railway station was a stop on the former Bangor and Carnarvon Railway between Caernarfon in Gwynedd and the Menai Suspension Bridge near Bangor...
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    Dolgellau railway station (Welsh pronunciation: [dɔlˈɡɛɬaɨ]) in Gwynedd, North Wales, was a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line, originally the terminus...
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    ISBN 0-905466-19-5 Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society...
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    1847 (c.ii)) Nantlle Railway Act 1827 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. iii 21 March 1827 An Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the Nantlle Railway to raise a...
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    Poor (Shropshire) etc. Act 1796 (36 Geo. 3. c. 38) Stratford and Moreton Railway Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. lxiii) Unett Estates Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c....
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