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    REVIVING LOST FFESTINIOG BRANCH WILL IT BE A GAS?

    Apr 07, 2020 4 minutes
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    The first terminus of the railway was at Dinas in Blaenau Ffestiniog, close to the now buried hamlet of Rhiwbryfdir, and connected with the inclines of several quarries located in the Dinas area.

    The first quarry to use the railway was that of Samuel Holland, and the Oakeley and Welsh Slate Company quarries followed suit constructing connecting inclines. In 1854 Llechwedd quarry constructed an incline from Dinas to the original mill on floor two of the quarry. Access from the railway to the incline was gained by a tunnel under what is now the A470.

    In 1865 passenger trains were introduced from Porthmadog to Dinas. On a date subject to debate by historians,

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