Traeth Mawr
| Traeth Mawr | |
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| Previous Location | Portreuddyn |
| Status | Location |
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| Next Station | Harbour Station |
| Latitude | 52:56:24N |
| Longitude | 4:06:44W |
| Grid Reference | SH581401 |
| Wikipedia Entry | |
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NGR:SH581401 Lat / Long :52.94001 / -4.11236
Traeth Mawr (meaning "big beach") is in general terms the name given to the whole area of the Afon Glaslyn estuary on the inland side of the Cob. It was drained by that embankment and is now mostly farmland. The Afon Dwyryd estuary is known as Traeth Bach.
In terms of railway operation, and prior to completion of the WHR, Traeth Mawr was the name given to the site of the temporary run-around loop and terminus for the Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog) Pont Croesor Extension, used for just the season in 2007. Public trains started to run to here from Friday 23rd March 2007.
The last public service to terminate at Traeth Mawr ran on the 28th October 2007. The loop was removed after the close of the 2007 season. After this date Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog) trains ran in "push-pull mode" to a point just south of Farmyard Farm Crossing, until November 2nd 2008.
Contractors for the rebuilding work of the Pont Croesor - Traeth Mawr section started on site in April 2008. Two new "tunnels", or more accurately, overbridges, have been created along this stretch in mitigation for two local land owners. They were built from Armco cylindrical corrugated steel sections covered with earth and are sometimes called the "Teletubby" bridges. Previously these would have been accommodation crossings.
Track laying by volunteers started on this section in July 2008 and in early December was linked to the track laid from the south by WHR(P).
This spot was sometimes known as Portreuddyn, after the nearby Portreuddyn Castle, though the original Portreuddyn loop of the Croesor Tramway was slightly further north-east. See O.S. map.
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