Gorseddau Junction And Portmadoc Railway

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The Gorseddau Junction And Portmadoc Railway is a defunct British railway. It was originally the Tremadoc Tramway, which carried mineral traffic before 1845.

This was absorbed into the Gorseddau Tramway which came into being in around 1856.

This in itself became the basis for the Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railways, which was incoporated by an act of Parliament in 1872.

The connection with the Festiniog Railway occurred on the wharves of Portmadoc (long since removed), but to reach this point, had made use of the Croesor & Beddgelert Tram Railway Co. Ltd, utilising a short stretch of their track from the gas works site. (Soon to be the reopened WHR route).