Talyllyn Railway

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heritage railway narrow-gauge railway tourist attraction

Talyllyn Railway is a historic narrow-gauge heritage railway in Wales, renowned as the world’s first preserved railway to be operated primarily by volunteers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Talyllyn Railway Company 1
Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heritage railway ⓘ
narrow-gauge railway ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
builtForOwner Sir Haydn Jones ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
featuredIn BBC television series "Railway Roundabout" ⓘ
followsValleyOf Afon Fathew ⓘ
founder James Swinton Spooner ⓘ
gauge 2 ft 3 in ⓘ
686 mm ⓘ
hasLocomotive Dolgoch ⓘ
Douglas ⓘ
Edward Thomas ⓘ
Sir Haydn ⓘ
Talyllyn ⓘ
Tom Rolt ⓘ
hasMuseumAt Tywyn Wharf railway station ⓘ
hasPassingLoopAt Abergynolwyn ⓘ
Brynglas ⓘ
Dolgoch ⓘ
Pendre ⓘ
hasStation Abergynolwyn railway station ⓘ
Dolgoch railway station ⓘ
Nant Gwernol railway station ⓘ
Pendre railway station ⓘ
Tywyn Wharf railway station ⓘ
heritageRollingStock historic slate wagons ⓘ
heritageStatus preserved railway ⓘ
inspired The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry ⓘ
inspiredFictionalRailway Skarloey Railway ⓘ
length approximately 7.25 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Gwynedd ⓘ
Mid Wales ⓘ
Tywyn ⓘ
nearbySea Cardigan Bay ⓘ
notableClaim first preserved railway in the world to be operated primarily by volunteers ⓘ
opened 1865 ⓘ
openingPurpose to carry slate from Bryn Eglwys quarry to Tywyn ⓘ
operatedBy Talyllyn Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
originalTerminus Abergynolwyn railway station ⓘ
originalUse slate railway ⓘ
preservationOperationsBegan 1951 ⓘ
preservationSocietyFormed 1950 ⓘ
primaryTraction steam locomotives ⓘ
primaryTraffic tourist passengers ⓘ
region Snowdonia ⓘ
surface form: Snowdonia area
supportingOrganization Talyllyn Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society
terminus Nant Gwernol railway station ⓘ
Tywyn Wharf railway station ⓘ
trackConfiguration single track ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tywyn → hasAttraction → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Merionethshire → hasRailway → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Tywyn → isNear → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Tywyn → isServedBy → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Tywyn → isTerminusOf → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ
Talyllyn Railway → operatedBy → Talyllyn Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Company
Talyllyn Railway → supportingOrganization → Talyllyn Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society
Meirionnydd → tourismAttractions → Talyllyn Railway ⓘ