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Ffestiniog

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Ffestiniog

Village in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, 5 km/3 mi south of Blaenau Ffestiniog and 13 km/8 mi from Porthmadog; population with Blaenau Ffestiniog (1991) 5,300. The Ffestiniog Railway, the oldest independent railway company in the world, runs steam trains on a narrow-gauge track from Blaenau to Porthmadog.



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The 1863 engine, owned by the Ffestiniog Railway Company, was travelling at around 20mph between Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog on May 3 2008 when the incident occurred.
Ffestiniog Railway had hoped to open its new pounds 28m Welsh Highland Railway stretching 26-miles from Caernarfon to Porthmadog this summer.
Gwynedd Council's board approved plans to close the Bryn Llewelyn home in Llan Ffestiniog as part of a revamp of residential home care for the elderly in the Blaenau Ffestiniog area.
 
 
 
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