FR Locations
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Locations along the FR part of the line
Note that throughout this wiki the names Portmadoc and Porthmadog have been variously used. The first being the English name whilst the second being the Welsh, and currently, offical title. In older documentation there has been other spellings, including Portmadock, and Port Madoc
Clickng on the 'blue' location will take you to that location's own page. Clicking the <A> takes you to the Aerial Multimap shot of the general location . Click on the <C> to take to an exploded view of locations of that area to the next station. Click here for a full map view of locations on the line.
N.B. BEWARE Certain placenames are used frequently in the area. One example being Bont Newydd. This is a place referred in Boyd, said to be located near to Rhiw Plas/Minffordd Cemetery. It also refers in the form Bontnewydd to a village, and request halt on the Welsh Highland - some 15 miles northwest..
Stations and Halts are the section headers. Other locations are then indented from there. See other notes at bottom of page
Harbour Station <<C>>
Due to the proximity of locations around Porthmadog, locations upto the Cob only, are in alphabetic order. Also there is some deliberate duplication on the WHR Locations page
Minffordd <<C>>
Penrhyn <<C>>
- Llechwedd Coed
- Crossing Bothy
- Crossing Mawr
- Whistling Curve
- Three Gates
- Hafod y Llyn (FR) <<A>>
- Tan Y Bwlch Bridge
Tan y Bwlch <<C>>
- The original line from Dduallt to Moelwyn tunnel
- The Line from Dduallt to Tanygrisiau
This section would be confusing if one tries to make one continuous list. In order to keep in some semblence of order they have been coloumnised. Coloumn One is the original line locations, whilst Coloumn Two is the new line locations - including the points within the section known as the Deviation
- The 1836 Inclines
- Tunnel South Halt
- Old Moelwyn Tunnel
- Moelwyn Halt
- Brooke's Quarry
- The Drowned Trackbed
- Doppog
- Deviation
- Sites -1 to 4
- Deviation Site -1
- Deviation Site 0
- Deviation Site 1
- Deviation Site 2
- Deviation Site 3
- Cei a'r Bont
- Deviation Site 4
- Rhoslyn Bridge
- Barn Site
- Dingle Site
- Midge Site
- Rosary
- Spooner's Hollow
- Dragon Site
- New Moon Site
- Bluebell Site
- Gelliwiog
- Two Trees
- The Football Pitch
- Tunnel South
- Tunnel Mess
- Moelwyn Tunnel
- Tunnel North
- Archer's Dam
- Moelwyn Quarry Incline
- Llyn Ystradau
- Summit Cutting
- Wrysgan Quarry Incline
- Valvehouse Crossing
- Stwlan Dam Road Crossing
- Cwmorthin Bridge
Tanygrisiau <<C>>
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Other
These Stations / Halts are no longer on the current route
- Portmadoc New (1933) (WHR Intermediate)
- Portmadoc New (1923) (WHR Intermediate)
- Tunnel South Halt (old route)
- Moelwyn Halt (old route)
- Dinas (old branch)
- Rhiwbryfdir (old branch)
- Duffws (old branch)
Locations along the WHR part of the line
See WHR Locations
Locations of Company Facilities
The company Head office is at Harbour Station
For all operations the main works are at Boston Lodge
There are additional FR sites at Minffordd and Glan-y-Pwll
There is an additional WHR(C) site at Dinas Junction and a WHR Ltd site at Gelert's Farm Works