The evolution of Blaenau's passenger stations was complex with five different railway companies providing … See more

The February 1878 timetable shows that all trains called at all stations on the line, with
• Northbound ("Up")
• Southbound ("Down")
• There was no Sunday service. … See more

On 1 September 1882 the standard gauge Bala and Festiniog Railway reached Llan Ffestiniog from the south, enabling a passenger from (say) Bala to Duffws to transfer from a standard gauge train to a narrow gau… See more

The standard gauge line through the site of Diphwys (F&BR) station closed to passengers in 1960 and completely in 1961 but it was mothballed pending building the long-discussed cross-town link to enable trains to ru… See more

In Summer 2016 the Network Rail and Ffestiniog Railway stations on the Diphwys (F&BR) site were still going strong. The overgrown, mothballed and protected single track line still ran south of the site to the former nucl… See more

Between 2000 and 2011 there were at least two attempts to put the line south of the Diphwys site to use. In 2011 there were proposals to use the rails as a recreational velorail track. Neither this nor the earlier idea came t… See more