FR Locations
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Locations along the FR part of the line
Clickng on the 'blue' location will take you to that location's own page. Clicking the <A> takes you to the "Bing" aerial view of the location. Click on the <C> to take to an exploded view of locations of that area to the next station. Click here for a full map view of locations on the line.
N.B. BEWARE Certain placenames are used frequently in the area. One example being Bont Newydd. This is a place referred in Boyd, said to be located near to Rhiw Plas/Minffordd Cemetery. It also refers in the form Bontnewydd to a village, and request halt on the Welsh Highland - some 15 miles northwest..
Stations and currently-open Halts are the section headers. Other locations are then indented from there. See other notes at bottom of page.
Locations around Porthmadog
Note that throughout this wiki the names Portmadoc and Porthmadog have been variously used, the first being the English name whilst the second being the Welsh, and currently, offical title. In older documentation there has been other spellings, including Portmadock, and Port Madoc.
Some of these locations are duplicated on the WHR Locations page.
Porthmadog Harbour Station <A> <C>
Minffordd <A> <C>
Penrhyn <A><C>
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- Cutting Naddu
- Trwyn-Y-Garnedd
- Gysgfa
- Squirrel Crossing - Linda's Leap
- Sheepfold
- Bryn Mawr
- Plas Private<<A>>
- Milestone Curve
- Tyler's Curve
- Llechwedd Coed
- Crossing Bothy
- Crossing Mawr
- Whistling Curve
- Three Gates
- Hafod y Llyn (FR) <<A>>
- Tan Y Bwlch Bridge
Tan y Bwlch <A> <C>
- The New Line from Dduallt to Tanygrisiau known as the Deviation
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- Cei a'r Bont
- Deviation Site 4
- Rhoslyn Bridge upper level
- Barn Site
- Dingle Site
- Midge Site
- Rosary
- Spooner's Hollow
- Dragon Site
- New Moon Site
- Royal Oak Site
- Gelliwiog <<A>>
- Bluebell Site
- Two Trees
- The Football Pitch
- New Tunnel South
- Tunnel Mess (Actually on the old line, but near to and used for the Deviation)
- New Moelwyn Tunnel
- Tunnel North
- Archer's Dam
- Llyn Ystradau <<A>>
- Moelwyn Quarry Incline
- Summit Cutting
- Valvehouse Crossing
- Wrysgan Quarry Incline
- Stwlan Dam Road Crossing
- Cwmorthin Bridge
Tanygrisiau <A><C>
- Cwmorthin Quarry Incline
- Dolrhedyn Road Bridge
- Gweithdy Cryddion
- Bodychain
- Groby Junction
- Groesffordd
- Nyth Y Gigfran Incline
- Dinas Junction FR
- Barlwyd Bridge
- Glan y Pwll
- Stesion Fein (Blaenau Festiniog Junction (for LNWR)) <<A>>
Blaenau Ffestiniog <A>
Other
These Stations / Halts are no longer on the current route
- Portmadoc New (1933) (WHR Intermediate)
- Portmadoc New (1923) (WHR Intermediate)
- Tunnel South Halt (old route)
- Moelwyn Halt (old route)
- Dinas (old branch)
- Rhiwbryfdir (old branch)
- Duffws (old route)
Locations along the WHR part of the line
See WHR Locations
Location of Company Facilities
The company Head Office is at Harbour Station
For rolling stock operations the main works and running shed are at Boston Lodge
There are FR depots for Permanent Way and Civil Engineering at Minffordd Yard and Glan y Pwll
The principal WHR/RhE running shed and depot is at Dinas Junction.
The WHR Ltd/WHHR shed, works and museum are at Gelert's Farm Works
