Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
Telephone : 01766 516000
Email : enquiries@festrail.co.uk
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Address : Harbour Station, Porthmadog, Gwynedd
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Sunday December 23rd, and 'The Earl' leaves Porthmadog with the 10.30 Santa Special
The railway was built as a gravity and horse drawn line to transport slate from the quarries in the mountains around Blaenau Ffestiniog. As the slate industry flourished, so did the railway and the town of Porthmadog. Slates from Blaenau Ffestiniog were exported to ports all over the globe - many in ships built in Porthmadog.