Locations/Tanygrisiau to Blaenau Ffestiniog
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[edit] Tanygrisiau Station
- Footbridge 1 – Fron Cottages.
- Cwmorthin Quarry Incline junction and sidings.
- Holly Tree – rock stabilisation was required here.
- Dolrhedyn (Fern Meadow) Road Bridge
- Penlan – the name of the township hereabouts. Site of major rock-fall – which necessitated major stabilisation work and realignment.
- Tro Pen Craig (Top of the Rock Curve)
- Footbridge 2 – Pant-y-celyn
- Fron Wen (White Breast i.e. hillside) underpass.
- Gweithdy Cryddion (Cobbler’s workshop)
- Gradient Post 96/148
- Bethsaida Terrace and underpass
- Footbridge 3 – Tro Ffatri (Factory Curve)
- Bont Ffatri (Factory Bridge leading to Moelwyn Mills and water wheel)
- Barlwyd Terrace
- Bodychain (Place of Oxen) and underpass.
- Groby Granite Quarry junction, sidings and branch. (Site of)
- Cefn Bychan (Little Ridge)
- Ty Addabach (Little Adam’s house)
- Milepost 13
- Footbridge 4 – Groesffordd (Cross-roads)
- Culvert
- Nyth Y Gigfran Incline. Adjacent to site of the Dinas Branch 1836
- Afon Barlwyd Bridge – Rebuilt as a volunteer project 1981.
- Glan-y-pwll Junction – Dinas Branch 1899, now giving access to Glan-y-pwll Depot.
- Glan y Pwll Depot
- Glan-y-pwll Road Automated Crossing
- Glan-y-pwll (Shore of the pool) Footbridge
- Gradient Post L/96
- Stesion Fein (Site of) opposite the LNWR Station 1881-1939
- Gradient Post 66/L
- A496 Road Bridge
- Benar Road Bridge - Heads north to Llandudno
- Dorfil Footbridge - small footbridge connecting the town.
- Gradient Post 255/66
- Footbridge – This footbridge provides access to the FR platform from Church Street.
[edit] Blaenau Ffestiniog station
- Gradient Post 143/255
- End of Line at 13 miles 55½ chains from Porthmadog Harbour Buffers.
- Queen’s Hotel – The FR Co. established a shop and booking office in the Hotel in 1997. With the end of the lease the shop transfered to a location on the station platform.
- Duffws (Precipice) – The site of the former FR terminus.
Source: Compiled from the original FR Heritage Chronology, available from the [FRHG] and used here with permission
