What is Ffestiniog Railway?
{{Infobox heritage railway | name = Ffestiniog Railway | image = [[File:Ffestiniog_DLG_BF.JPG|center|280px]] | caption = locomotive ''David Lloyd George'' at [[Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station|Blaenau Ffestiniog]]. | locale = [[Gwynedd]], Wales | terminus = [[Porthmadog Harbour railway station|Porthmadog]] | linename = Festiniog Railway Company | builtby = Festiniog Railway Company | originalgauge = 1 ft 11.5in | preservedgauge = 1 ft 11.5in | operator = Festiniog Railway Company | stations = 10 | length = {{convert|13.5|mi|km}} | originalopen = 20 April 1836 | closed = 1 August 1946 | stageyears = 1954 | stage = Restoration started at [[Boston Lodge]] works 20 September 1954 | years = 1955 | events = Reopened from {{stnlnk|Portmadoc Harbour}} to {{stnlnk|Boston Lodge}} – 23 July | years1 = 1956 | events1 = Reopened to {{stnlnk|Minffordd}} | years2 = 1957 | events2 = Reopened to {{stnlnk|Penrhyn}} | years3 = 1958 | events3 = Reopened to {{stnlnk|Tan-y-Bwlch}} | years4 = 1965 | events4 = Start of the Deviation construction work | years5 = 1968 | events5 = Reopened to {{stnlnk|Dduallt}} | years6 = 1974 | events6 = Restoration of [[Rhiw Goch]] [[passing loop]] | years7 = 1977 | events7 = Reopened to [[Llyn Ystradau]] | years8 = 1978 | events8 = Reopened to {{stnlnk|Tanygrisiau}} | years9 = 1982 | events9 = Reopened to {{stnlnk|Blaenau Ffestiniog}} }} The '''Ffestiniog Railway''' ({{lang-cy|Rheilffordd Ffestiniog}}) is a heritage [[narrow-gauge railway]] in [[Gwynedd]], [[Wales]]. It runs between [[Porthmadog]] and [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]]. It is a big [[tourism|tourist]] attraction as it runs through the [[Snowdonia|Snowdonia National Park]]. The track used on the railway is 1 [[foot (unit)|ft]] 11 1⁄2 [[inch|in]] (597 [[millimetre|mm]]) wide. It is about 13 1⁄2 miles (