The £4m grant is being used to create opportunities for young people Young people in Gwynedd are being given jobs on a real-life train set, as part of a £4m restoration of one of the world's oldest ...

Rail holiday specialist Ffestiniog Travel has launched its brand-new 2026 Rail Holidays of the World brochure, packed with inspiring escorted tours and journeys for those who love to explore the world ...

The Ffestiniog Railway, which cuts through the countryside in Wales, is Europe's No.1 scenic train line. It tops a new ranking by Which? of Europe's '10 best scenic railways', generated from a survey ...

An appeal has been launched to save a remote cottage on a train line which was immortalised in the much-loved children's television programme Ivor the Engine. Coed y Bleiddiau was built in the ...

Bleanau Ffestiniog is a town in the county of Gywnedd. It is the slate capital of North Wales, and while the mining of slate is not at the level it once was it is still what the town is known for. The ...

AN historic steam loco, heading for the scrapheap and rescued by the Ffestiniog Railway (FR), will celebrate a half century of unbroken service on the scenic narrow gauge line this weekend. AN ...

Firefighters battled a large hillside blaze at Blaenau Ffestiniog on Sunday night, March 16. The fire broke out at Cwm Bowydd yesterday evening. North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it had ...

Trains speeding through the countryside at over 180mph are unlikely to be seen in North Wales for many years – if ever. But the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways have given a glimpse of this fast ...

How far is six million miles? A sixth of the way to Mars, to the Moon and back three times, around 250 circuits of the equator, or, to put it another way… an awfully long way. That is roughly how far ...

Blaenau Ffestiniog is a historic mining town, located in the county of Gwynedd, and is best known for being the 'slate capital of the world'. The beguiling slate landscapes that surround the town have ...