Porthmadog Harbour railway station
Porthmadog Harbour railway station in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, North Wales, is the passenger terminus of two narrow gauge railways: the Ffestiniog Railway, which was opened in 1836 to carry dressed slate from the Quarries around Blaenau Ffestiniog to the sea port of Porthmadog, for export by sea; and the Welsh Highland Railway, incorporated in 1923, which ran to Dinas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Porthmadog, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Porthmadog Harbour Railway Station”, “Porthmadog Harbour Station”, and “Portmadoc Harbour”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Britannia Bridge and Spooner’s.
Masonic Hall
Community center
Photo: Arthur C Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Masonic Hall is a community center, which is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Porthmadog Harbour railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borth-y-Gest and Tremadog.
Tremadog
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tremadog is a village in the community of Porthmadog, in Gwynedd, north west Wales; about one mile north of Porthmadog town centre. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798.
Portmeirion
Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portmeirion is an Italian renaissance-style village on the coast of North Wales, most famous for being the setting of the cult television program The Prisoner.
Porthmadog Harbour railway station
- Categories: harbour railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Porthmadog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.92401° or 52° 55′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.12667° or 4° 7′ 36″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Operator
Ffestiniog RailwayAbbreviation
“PMG”Open location code
9C4QWVFF+J8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1838119014OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Porthmadog Harbour railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Porthmadog Harbour”
- French: “Porthmadog Harbour”
- German: “Porthmadog Hafenbahnhof”
- German: “Porthmadog Harbour railway station”
- Japanese: “ポルスマドッグ港駅”
- Russian: “Портмадог-Порт”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Harbwr Porthmadog”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf Reilffordd Harbwr Porthmadog”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as South Snowdon Wharf and Top Yard.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Porthmadog Harbour Station Gift Shop and Cob Records.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Porthmadog Harbour railway station”. Photo: Eagle1942, CC BY 2.0.