Rebuilding the Welsh Highland Railway
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Rebuilding the Welsh Highland Railway

Britain's Longest Heritage Line

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Rebuilding the Welsh Highland Railway

Britain's Longest Heritage Line

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THE REVIVAL AND RESTORATION of the Welsh Highland Railway is one of the greatest heritage railway achievements of the 21st Century, yet its success followed more than one hundred years of failure.Supported by public loans, its first incarnation combined the moribund North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways, some of the abandoned works of the Portmadoc, Beddgelert & South Snowdon Railway and part of the horse-worked Croesor Tramway. Opened in 1923, it was closed in 1937 and the track was lifted in 1941.Serious talk of revival started in the 1960s but restoration did not start until 1997, with the neighbouring Ffestiniog Railway at the helm, supported by generous donors and benefactors, the Millennium Commission, the Welsh Government and teams of enthusiastic volunteers.Author Peter Johnson steers a course through the railways complicated pre-history before describing the events, including a court hearing, three public inquiries and a great deal of controversy, leading to the start of services between Caernarfon and Porthmadog in 2011. A postscript describes post-completion developments.

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Publisher
Pen & Sword Transport
Year
2018
ISBN
9781473869912
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Rail Transportation
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. CONTENTS
  5. Sources
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Welsh place names
  8. Introduction
  9. PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE
  10. PART TWO: REBUILDING THE WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY
  11. Postscript
  12. Appendix 1: Planning Applications
  13. Appendix 2: Welsh Highland Light Railway Ltd
  14. Appendix 3: Welsh Highland Railway Construction Ltd
  15. Appendix 4: Level Crossing Orders
  16. Appendix 5: Welsh Highland Railway – gross profit from traffic, catering, sales and on-train services 1998-2011
  17. Appendix 6: Welsh Highland Railway – traffic revenue 1998-2017
  18. Appendix 7: Welsh Highland Railway – opening dates 1997-2011
  19. Appendix 8: Passenger Journeys/Bookings
  20. Bibliography