Great Little Trains of Wales

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The Great Little Trains of Wales is a joint marketing scheme formed in 1970 to promote some of the narrow gauge railways of Wales and encourage visitors to Wales.[1] As well as marketing the railways, the scheme allows visitors to purchase a discount card, allowing reduced rates on all the lines.

As of 2014, there are so far, eleven railways in the scheme.

Railway Image Gauge Location
Bala Lake Railway 2 ft (610 mm) Llanuwchllyn
Brecon Mountain Railway 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm) Merthyr Tydfil
Fairbourne Railway 12+1⁄4 in (311 mm) Fairbourne
Ffestiniog Railway 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) Porthmadog
Llanberis Lake Railway 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm) Llanberis
Snowdon Mountain Railway 2 ft 7+1⁄2 in (800 mm) Llanberis
Talyllyn Railway 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) Tywyn
Vale of Rheidol Railway 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm) Aberystwyth
Welsh Highland Railway 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) Caernarfon
Welsh Highland Heritage Railway 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) Porthmadog
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Welshpool

See also

Ffestiniog Railway locomotive Britomart being hauled by a British Rail lorry promotion by Sealink of the Great Little Trains of Wales during the St Patrick's Day Parade in 1974 in Dublin.

References

  1. ^ "Great Little Trains of Wales press release" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

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