Bontnewydd is an unstaffed halt on the
narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
Welsh Highland Railway
The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR) or Rheilffordd Eryri is a long, restored narrow gauge heritage railway in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, operating from Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passing through a number of popular tourist destinations in ...
. The halt was opened on 31 May 1999 on the petition of the villagers of
Bontnewydd, and is between
Caernarfon
Caernarfon (; ) is a royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is ...
and
Dinas on the
Lôn Eifion
Lôn Eifion is part of Lôn Las Cymru, the Welsh National Cycle Route, which is about long.
Lôn Eifion is the section which runs for from Caernarfon to Bryncir along most of the former Caernarfon to Afon Wen line. This line was that of the ...
cycle route. It is a
request stop
In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, st ...
with no station buildings and a single low platform. The train services are operated by the
Festiniog Railway
The Ffestiniog Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park.
The railway is roughly long an ...
Company.
See also
A halt existed here on the horse-drawn
Nantlle Railway
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 to the harbour at Caernarfon for export by sea. The line provided a passenger service ...
from 1856 to 12 June 1865. From the outset timetables appeared regularly in the ''Carnarvon & Denbigh Herald'' and in ''
Bradshaw'' from October 1856.
Example timetable in ''Bradshaw''
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Notes
Sources
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External links
* ttp://www.festrail.co.uk/ Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railwaysbr>Rebuilding The Welsh Highland Railway - an independent site
Heritage railway stations in Gwynedd
Welsh Highland Railway
Bontnewydd, Gwynedd
Railway stations built for UK heritage railways
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