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✓ Published: 09-Apr-2018
✓ Published: 09-Apr-2018
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Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake Railway) offers a delightful 9 mile return journey alongside the largest natural lake in Wales, through the beautiful Snowdonia National Park. Trains are steam hauled by a fleet of historic 'Quarry Hunslets', a class once synonymous with the Welsh slate industry in the last century and now preserved for a new lease of life hauling passengers.nnTrains run from the end of March to the beginning of November, with many varied special events throughout the year, incl
Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake Railway) offers a delightful 9 mile return journey alongside the largest natural lake in Wales, through the beautiful Snowdonia National Park. Trains are steam hauled by a fleet of historic 'Quarry Hunslets', a class once synonymous with the Welsh slate industry in the last century and now preserved for a new lease of life hauling passengers.nnTrains run from the end of March to the beginning of November, with many varied special events throughout the year, incl
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