Along the route of the old 25½ miles Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog railway line you can find this wonderful nine-arch viaduct towards the village of Trawsfynydd, part of the Teigl curve. Built in 1882 and opened a year later by the Bala & Ffestiniog Railway (B&FR) along with the GWR. Crossing the Afon Prysor at a height of 105 feet (32 metres) from river bed to rail level.
Easy to access from a lay-by on A4212. The railway was the only way to travel between Bala and Blaenau Ffestiniog before the A road was built in 1964
Later in the 60s part of the trackbed was flooded to make a reservoir, Llyn Celyn (which supply water to Liverpool..... so in away we can blame scousers for its closure!!), this cut the track five miles north of Bala. To avoid a costly deviation and with traffic being lost to the A road, Beeching had the excuse that he needed to close the line at the loss of over 100 jobs.
A few years ago the Meirionydd Railway Society announced plans to reopen the 6¼ miles from Trawsfynydd sidings to Blaenau Ffestiniog, seeking to operate steam over this section, but i guess it never happened
From the A road lay-by on A4212, looks great already. The route of the line can be seen on the right snaking around
Back towards the A road from the viaduct