Great Little Trains of Wales

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 2008, there are ten 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
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 (Caernarfon) 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) Caernarfon
Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog) 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) Porthmadog
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Welshpool

See also

References

  1. ^ "Great Little Trains of Wales press release". http://web.archive.org/web/20090107022914/http://talyllyn.co.uk/downloads/GLTW-welcomes-Snowdon-Mountain-Railway.pdf. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 

External links

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