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The Bala Lake Railway (Welsh:
Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid) is a preserved railway
at Bala Lake
, north Wales
which runs for a distance of 4½ miles using {{2ft}} gauge rolling stock.
It was built on a section of the former Ruabon - Barmouth
GWR
route which was closed in 1965. This section runs along the south-eastern shore of Bala Lake
. Another section of the former trackbed is today used by the Llangollen Railway
.
The railway runs from Llanuwchllyn
, where the main railway buildings, workshops and offices are located, to Bala
. The station at Bala is outside the town, and there have been various plans to extend the railway into Bala itself, but none has been realised.
Steam locomotives on the line include Maid Marian, Holy War and Alice, all built by the Hunslet
company. The railway also has a passenger diesel engine, Merioneth.
See also
British narrow gauge railways
External links
[ Bala Lake Railway ]
{{Heritage railways in Wales}}
<Heritage railways in Wales>
<Narrow gauge railways>
<Transport in Gwynedd>
<Merionethshire>
{{UK-rail-stub}}
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