A Trip on the Ffestiniog Railway!

While on a trip down the Cambrian Coast, Natt and I took a day to go on the Ffestiniog Railway! From Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog!

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[harrywisbey]

I love narrow gauge trains, they look so cute. Also Snowdonia and North Wales looks so beautiful

[SimnTrains]

Ffestiniog Railway is a lovely heritage line, so Is the Welsh Highland Railway but both heritage railways have some stunning views, great video

[matthillmedia]

Very enjoyable video Nick, something else added to my must do list.
Thanks for sharing.

[RainhamRailEnthusiast]

A glorious heritage line, which is very accessible by national rail. Thanks for a great video yet again!

[uhhitsjxydxn]

This is such a good video, Nick! I love this railway and I hope more videos will be shown of it! Old railways give nostalgia. :)

[ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video of yours and Nat's visit to the Ffestiniog railway Nick, I've heard loads about that line and I'd love to travel on it sometime.

[MerseyTransport]

These double Fairlie's make this journey unique. Just absolutely wicked on this heritage railway

[EinChris]

I love that British accent. And the nerdy content. Awesome. Please keep going.

[custardo]

What a coincidence! Rode on that railway yesterday, between porthmadog and caernarfon. An amazing experience, helped by the great weather. Even the summit of mt Snowden was visible on the way back.

[HesterClapp]

I went on this on Tuesday! We came into Blaenau Ffestiniog on Trafnidiaeth Cymru, and got the Ffestiniog Railway to Porthmadog and back. We had a 6 minute interchange at Blaenau Ffestiniog, but the TrC train was 10 minutes late, and the guard had to contact the railway to make them hold the train, with the sort of phone reception you get in a valley in Snowdonia

[KennySC]

I think I went on this railway when I was younger. Can't remember that much but parts of this video definitely feel familiar. Thanks for bringing back memories. :)

[Thornaby]

Excellent video 👍
The Ffestiniog Railway passes through some wonderful scenery
If I'm thinking what you were thinking at Minffordd, you can actually do the whole round trip on one ticket, the Ffestiniog Round Robin (including a one way journey over the Ffestiniog Railway)
Alternatively, there is potential to race Jen from Minffordd to Porthmadog

[Andrewjg_]

Lovely railway station in Wales with incredible backdrops and beautiful scenery of mountains and hills. Very nice Nick. 👍☺️

[Rheilffordd]

Great video! I visited UK and Wales in 2019 from overseas and went on both Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway, both spectacular rail journeys! You’ve summed up the FR journey well.

Now to do a Pointless Journey from Crewe to Chester via Blaenau Ffestiniog 😜

[TheRainbowCoach]

What a romantic thing to do - love it!

[jonistan]

Wow, Porthmadog station looks a bit neglected, especially around the tracks, but they have ETCS L2 there for some reason. Looks so odd.

The story of the lake (Llyn Ystradau) is a bit more interesting than that: The company who built the power plant originally just went like "disused tiny railway, nobody cares, just flood it" but the heritage society that already was a thing at the time decided to fight this in court. And surprise, the railway won and the company behind the power plant had to pay for some of the new route.

[elisouille_buscarscamions]

Gosh, the Brittania Bridge level crossing.
I think it's so far one of my favourites level crossings in all of Britain, or at least in entire Wales. Also loving that Wales does have a ridiculous number of these meter/narrow gauge heritage railways.

Also, yes I do think what you think

[MichaelSebastianTodd]

the Flestininog railway looks like an amazing railway to ride im loving the scenery and Blaenau Flesstimiog looks amazing brilliant vlog

[streetrambler]

Great video and a wonderful line to travel on. Wonder if they still have the water trough with the rubber ducks. Remember seeing them a few years ago.

[paultidd]

Great video, not only a heritage railway but a narrow gauge railway - perhaps two further themes to explore here?