The Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway was a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) gauge narrow gauge railway in Cardiganshire (now Ceredigion) in Mid Wales. It ran from Llanfihangel station (later renamed Llandre station) on the Cambrian Line, through the village of Tal-y-bont and the valley of the Afon Leri, into the foothills of Plynlimon Fawr. It was built to serve the lead mines at Bwlch Glas and stone quarries around Hafan[1] and opened in 1897, closing just two years later.[2] The line was a little over 7 miles (11 km) long and, despite running a short-lived passenger service, it served no communities of more than 100 people.
52°44′38″N 3°21′36″W / 52.744°N 3.360°W / 52.744; -3.360 The PlynlimonandHafanTramway was a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) gauge narrow gauge railway in Cardiganshire...
unusual, and was shared by only three other public railways in the United Kingdom: the Talyllyn Railway, the short-lived PlynlimonandHafanTramwayand the...
all of them in Wales - the Corris Railway, the short-lived PlynlimonandHafanTramwayand the Talyllyn Railway. Coal has been mined on the Kintyre peninsula...
was planned to be used similar to the nearby PlynlimonandHafanTramway. Following closure of this tramway, the gauge was changed to 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm)...
is unusual, and was shared by only three other public railways in the United Kingdom: the Corris Railway and the PlynlimonandHafanTramway both a few...
The Glyn Valley Tramway was a narrow-gauge railway that ran through the Ceiriog Valley in north-east Wales, connecting Chirk with Glyn Ceiriog in Denbighshire...
closed in 2010. Glyn Valley Tramway, 2 ft 4+1⁄2 in (724 mm) gauge British narrow-gauge railways The PlynlimonandHafanTramway was also a public railway...
Machynlleth Hendre-Ddu Tramway, at Aberangell Festiniog Railway, at Minffordd Kerry Tramway, at Kerry PlynlimonandHafanTramway, at Llanfihangel (later...
Cambrian Railways, with sidings serving the riverside wharves. The PlynlimonandHafanTramway proposed to create a narrow-gauge line to the wharves in the...
Mountain Railway (SMR; Welsh: Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) is a narrow gauge rack-and-pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway...
Machynlleth and Aberystwyth. It closed on 14 June 1965. Between 1897 and 1899 this was the interchange with the PlynlimonandHafanTramway. Tom Macdonald...
Ffestiniog). The line over the bridge also connected with the Gorseddau and Croesor Tramwaysand was later used by Welsh Highland Railway passenger trains from...
with one of Henry Hughes's patent tramway locomotives, aptly named Pioneer. These were adjudged to be a success, and two further locomotives of the same...
between Fairbourne village and Penrhyn Point since its opening in 1895 as a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge horse-drawn construction tramway. It was converted in...
reopened to passenger traffic 2002; currently being restored; PlynlimonandHafanTramway at Llanfihangel; opened to goods 19 August 1897; opened to passengers...
built on site and based on those built for the Manx Electric Railway, Torrington and Marland Railway and the PlynlimonandHafanTramway. There are also...
existence to the narrow gauge railways andtramways built to serve commercial slate traffic from slate quarries and other mineral extraction operations along...
185; -3.844 The Eigiau Tramway might refer to the Eigiau Quarry Tramway or to the Eigiau Reservoir Tramway. The Eigiau Quarry Tramway was a 2 ft (610 mm)...
Rheilffordd Canol Cymru) and also included routes through Gowerton, where the railway crossed the West Wales lines and ran through Dunvant and Killay then down...
mile (1.6 km) long 2 ft 1⁄2 in (622 mm) gauge Llandegai Tramway, built in 1798. The tramway connected the Penlan Mill at Llandegai with Port Penrhyn...
sometimes split into the Cambrian Main Line (Welsh: Prif Linell y Cambrian) and Cambrian Coast Line (Welsh: Llinell Arfordir y Cambrian) for its branches...
outdated and uncomfortable for so long a ride, the journey took too long and the service had a reputation for being unreliable. The Croesor Tramway had run...
Merthyr and the surrounding area changed relatively little; the Glamorganshire Canal prospered, but became overwhelmed by the volume of trade. Tramways continued...
part runs from Swansea to Carmarthen and Whitland, where it becomes three branches to Fishguard, Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock. Before the rail cuts...
as 1944, Cozens was actively researching the history of the PlynlimonandHafanTramway. In that year he began a correspondence with Selwyn Pearce Higgins...
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