A further part of the scheme was the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways ( General Undertaking ) which planned a route from Porthmadog to Beddgelert, where it would meet the Rhyd Ddu-Beddgelert extension.

All companies are now associated with The Royal Welsh except for Prestatyn Platoon which is cap-badged ' REME ', Llandudno Platoon and Bangor Platoon which are cap-badged ' Royal Artillery ', Mold and Porthmadog Platoons which are cap-badges ' Queens Dragoon Guards ( QDG )', and Bradley and Benllech platoons which are cap-badged ' Welsh Guards '.

Over the years, old boys have written to Geoffery Houghton, a master of The Leys for a number of years and a historian of the school, confirming the links between Chipping and Balgarnie, who eventually died at Porthmadog at the age of 82.

The Summer timetable for 1900 had nine trains daily in each direction and trains had been accelerated to one hour from Porthmadog to Duffws including stops at Minffordd, Penrhyn, Tan-y-Bwlch, Dduallt ( request ), Tanygrisiau, Blaenau ( LNWR ) and Blaenau ( GWR ).

Jack was also chairman of the new Welsh Highland Railway and was instrumental in getting government backing for its completion on the understanding that the FR and the WHR would be jointly managed from Porthmadog, with maintenance undertaken at Boston Lodge and with other economies of scale.

The completion of sixty years service with the FR by Robert Evans ( for almost 25 years as Manager ) was marked on 6 November 1954 and a special train was run ( with difficulty ) from Minffordd to Porthmadog to celebrate the occasion and convey Mr Evans, his wife, Alan Pegler ( Company Chairman ) and guests en route to a clock presentation ceremony.

The Control Office regulates train running, giving permission for trains to enter the single line sections, recording train movements on the Train Graph, ensuring trains are formed of an appropriate number of carriages ( depending on the expected train loadings ), acting as the single point of contact in the rare event of a failure occurring with rolling stock, and making station announcements at Porthmadog

The Control Office is also responsible for the Train Operation on the Welsh Highland Railway and it also regulates trains from the Welsh Highland Railway Limited, when they require access to the main Caernarfon to Porthmadog line.

The FAW's decision to restructure the Welsh Premier-introducing the ' Super 12 ' for the season 2010 / 11-meant that Porthmadog, along with 6 others, were relegated to the Cymru Alliance League.

Les Davies was voted in the list of the best 32 players in European club football by UEFA for his performances for Bangor City FC in the 2011 / 12 season. Les Davies played 64 times for Porthmadog scoring 18 goals.

He played for Porthmadog from 2005 to 2007 and was a fans favourite at the club.

Porthmadog came into existence after William Madocks, in 1811, built a sea wall, the Cob, to reclaim a large proportion of Traeth Mawr from the sea for agricultural use.

Individual quarry companies followed, building a series of wharves along the shore almost as far as Borth-y-Gest, and slate was carted from Ffestiniog down to the quays along the Afon Dwyryd, then boated to Porthmadog for transfer to sea-going vessels.

In 2008 the Welsh Assembly Government published plans for the Porthmadog, Minffordd and Tremadog bypass, which would reduce the amount of through traffic in the town.

He is best known, however, for his activities as an agricultural improver in Gwynedd, especially around the towns of Porthmadog and Tremadog, both of which he founded.

Tremadog was developing, and had received favourable mention in a Tour guide, which noted that Porthmadog harbour was now suitable for boats of 120 tons.

Tanygrisiau railway station is on the famous Ffestiniog Railway, a narrow gauge railway built to carry slate from the mines down to the sea at Porthmadog where it was shipped all around the world, mostly for use in roofing.

Recently the works is undertaking the construction of new passenger carriages for service between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.

The Traeth Mawr ( Welsh for " big sands ") is a polder near Porthmadog in Gwynedd in Wales.

Local women at that time gathered cockles in the estuary for sale in local markets, Penrhyndeudraeth is still known locally, especially by the people of Blaenau Ffestiniog and Porthmadog, as ' Cockletown '.

Steam locomotive Taliesin at Porthmadog Harbour railway station | Porthmadog.

By 2010, the tracks of the WHR and Ffestiniog Railway had been reconnected at Harbour Station, linking Caernarfon to Porthmadog, and passenger services started in 2011.

Between Porthmadog Harbour station and Boston Lodge, the railway runs on the Cob, the dyke of the Traeth Mawr " polder ".

In 1836, the Ffestiniog Railway opened, largely following Provis ' route of 1825, and using the Cob to reach Porthmadog Harbour.

* 19 February – First public passenger train operates throughout between Caernarfon and Porthmadog Harbour over the restored Welsh Highland Railway.

Lyd at Porthmadog Harbour Station

The village is located in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, on the estuary of the River Dwyryd, south east of Porthmadog, and from the railway station at Minffordd, which is served by both the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway and Arriva Trains Wales ( Cambrian Line ).

From Boston Lodge, the slate wagons were hauled to and from Porthmadog harbour by horses.

On 18 August 1954, prior to commencing the restoration, in an inspection, the first of many, Colonel McMullen of the Ministry of Transport, Railways Inspectorate, accompanied by Alan Pegler, several directors and other supporters, walked the line from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog.

In the second half of the 19th century Porthmadog was a flourishing port, its population expanding from 885 in 1821 to over 3, 000 by 1861.

The Ffestiniog Railway opened in 1836, followed by the Croesor Tramway in 1864 and the Gorseddau Tramway in 1856, and by 1873 over 116, 000 tons ( 117, 800 t ) were exported through Porthmadog in more than a thousand ships.

Since 1950 Porthmadog has been part of Caernarfon parliamentary constituency, and has been represented by Hywel Williams of Plaid Cymru since 2001.

The railway station is also a bus interchange used by the Snowdonia National Park Sherpa bus services to Capel Curig, Pen-y-Gwryd, Pen-y-Pass, Beddgelert, Porthmadog, Tryfan and Bethesda.

A weekly Welsh-language newspaper, Y Cymro is published each week by the Cambrian News from its Porthmadog office alongside two localised Welsh titles, Y Cyfnod ( Bala ) and Y Dydd ( Dolgellau ).

The section from Porthmadog to Beddgelert was eventually completed by the Welsh Highland Railway as part of its construction, and utilised parts of the Croesor Tramway and the aborted PBSSR works.

Part of its route, from Croesor Junction to Porthmadog, was taken over by the Welsh Highland Railway in 1922, and upgraded to allow the operation of steam locomotives.

At Porthmadog, the original line came via the streets and across the Britannia bridge from the 1836 terminus at the northernmost end of the Welsh Slate Company ’ s Wharf where the FR officially started.

Construction of the causeway, known locally as ‘ The Cob ’, linking Penrhyn Isa on the Merioneth shore with the small rocky island called Ynys Towyn ( where Britannia Terrace now stands in Porthmadog ) near the Caernarfonshire shore, started in 1807 and was completed in 1811 during which time large quantities of stone was quarried and extracted from both ends.

The quarrying created both the Britannia Terrace site at Porthmadog and the railway workshops site at Boston Lodge.

Between Penrhyndeudraeth and Porthmadog, the road passes over a mile-long embankment, known as " The Cob ".

In 2007 West Coast took over operations of the Cambrian Coast Express running over the Cambrian Coast Line from Machynlleth to Porthmadog and Pwllheli and renamed it " The Cambrian.