Ratgoed Tramway at Aberllefenni Cambrian Railways at Machynlleth Assorted minor quarry tramways
Commercial operations
Name
Corris Railway Company
Built by
Corris, Machynlleth & River Dovey Tramroad
Original gauge
2 ft 3 in (686 mm)
Preserved operations
Owned by
Corris Railway Company Ltd
Operated by
Corris Railway Society
Stations
2
Length
58 chains (1,170 m) (operational)
Preserved gauge
2 ft 3 in (686 mm)
Commercial history
Opened
1859 onwards (as below)
1859
Opened to freight (horse-drawn)
1878
Locomotive operation commenced
1883
Opened to passengers
1931
Closed to passengers
1948
Closed to freight
Preservation history
1966
Supporters' group formed
1970
Corris Railway Museum opened
1971
Demonstration track laid
1981
Maespoeth shed purchased
2002
Passenger services restored
2005
Steam motive power restored
Headquarters
Maespoeth Junction
Website
https://www.corris.co.uk
Route map
Legend
Ratgoed Quarry
Cymerau Quarry
Ratgoed Tramway
Corris Railway
Aberllefenni quarries
Aberllefenni
Y Magnus
slate enamelling works
Garneddwen
Abercwmeiddaw quarry
Abercorris quarry
Gaewern quarry
Braichgoch Slate Mine
Corris
Upper Corris Tramway
Corris Railway
Maespoeth Junction
Current end of line
Era quarry
Era Slate and slab works
Era Slate Quarry Tramway
Corris Railway
Esgairgeiliog
Llwyngwern
Llwyngwern quarry
Lliwdy
Doldderwen Crossing
Ffridd Gate
River Dyfi
Cambrian Line
Machynlleth
Cambrian Line
Wharf at Derwenlas
The Corris Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Corris) is a narrow gauge preserved railway based in Corris on the border between Merionethshire (now Gwynedd) and Montgomeryshire (now Powys) in Mid-Wales.
The line opened in 1859 as a horse tramway, running originally from quays on the River Dyfi at Morben and Derwenlas, skirting the town of Machynlleth and then following the Dulas Valley north to Corris and on to Aberllefenni. Branches served the slate quarries at Corris Uchaf, Aberllefenni, the isolated quarries around Ratgoed and quarries along the length of the Dulas Valley.
The railway closed in 1948, but a preservation society was formed in 1966, initially opening a museum; a short section of line between Corris and Maespoeth was re-opened to passengers in 2002. The railway now operates as a tourist attraction. A new steam locomotive was built for the railway, which was delivered in 2005. The two surviving locomotives, plus some of the original rolling stock, are preserved on the nearby Talyllyn Railway.
The gauge of the railway is 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) which is unusual, and was shared by only three other public railways in the United Kingdom: the Talyllyn Railway, the short-lived Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway and the Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway.
The CorrisRailway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Corris) is a narrow gauge preserved railway based in Corris on the border between Merionethshire (now Gwynedd) and...
the line was taken over in 1951. Two ex-CorrisRailway locomotives were then purchased from British Railways, and subsequent additions have brought the...
unusual feature for a public railway which is shared (albeit for different reasons) with the neighbouring CorrisRailway. Tyler also required that improvements...
Club. First steamed on 8 July 2017. CorrisRailway No. 7 0-4-2ST, completed in 2005 for the revived CorrisRailway by Winson Engineering and Drayton Designs...
Jones was erected on its site. Esgairgeiliog railway station was a station on the narrow-gauge CorrisRailway, although it was the opposite side of the Afon...
located at Corris Uchaf about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Machynlleth, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The quarry was connected to the CorrisRailway via the...
Llanfair Light Railway. Retrieved 20 March 2021. Cozens, Lewis (1949). The CorrisRailway (1972 reprint ed.). Loughborough: The CorrisRailway Society. White...
(457 mm) wooden flat body for carrying explosives. Donated in 1976. CorrisRailway Mail Wagon, 2 ft 3 in (686 mm), used for carrying mail by gravity down...
The CorrisRailway's Grand Tour was a tourist service that ran between 1886 and 1930. It involved a journey on the CorrisRailway, a charabanc connection...
were found in the quarries feeding the Ffestiniog Railway, the Talyllyn Railway and the CorrisRailway amongst others. The Ashley Planes were used to transship...
(1994). Slate Quarrying at Corris. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 0-86381-279-1. The CorrisRailway Society (1988). A Return to Corris. Avon-Anglia Publications...
that served transshipment wharves connected to the CorrisRailway. A number of the quarries around Corris and Aberllefenni leased wharves here, notably Abercwmeiddaw...
purchased the CorrisRailway from the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company Ltd, together with associated road services and vehicles. CorrisRailway (4 August...
The Mid Sodor Railway acknowledges the Ffestiniog and CorrisRailway and the Little Western bears a resemblance to the South Devon Railway.[citation needed]...
manager of the CorrisRailway. The enquiry considered both the Llanfair & Meifod Light Railway and the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway proposals. The...
taken largely from The Railway Year Book 1912.) The Cambrian had connections with many independent lines, including: CorrisRailway, at Machynlleth Hendre-Ddu...
gauge, all of them in Wales - the CorrisRailway, the short-lived Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway and the Talyllyn Railway. Coal has been mined on the Kintyre...
horse-hauled Upper Corris Tramway from the slate quarries around Corris Uchaf met the main line (opened in 1859) of the CorrisRailway coming from Aberllefenni...
Llefenni into Cwm yr Hengae to Aberllefenni. Part of the narrow-gauge CorrisRailway between Aberllefenni and Maespoeth Junction may run along the line of...
Aberystwyth. The narrow-gauge Corris, Machynlleth & River Dovey Tramroad (opened 1859) carried slate from the quarries around Corris and Aberllefenni to the...
Peter (2013). The Cambrian Railways - a new history. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978 0 86093 644 2. Mitchell, Vic (2009). Corris and Vale of Rheidol. Middleton...
from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012. "CorrisRailway joins Great Little Trains of Wales". Wales247. 18 June 2021. Retrieved...
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