Porthmadoc, Gwynedd / Caernavon - Ffestiniog Railway station -1960s NPO postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Portmadoc [or Porthmadoc], Gwynedd [formerly Caernarvonshire] - shows Ffestiniog railway station
• Publisher: NPO, Belfast 
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp: 4d vermilion Welsh regional Wilding stamp
• Postmark(s):  Barmouth 2 Sep 1969
• Sent to:  Holbrooks, Coventry
• Notes / condition: 

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Porthmadog (pron.: /p?r?'mæd?g/; Welsh pronunciation: [p?r?'madog]), known locally as ""Port"",^[1] and since 1974, rendered into Welsh from its former Anglicised form, Portmadoc, is a small coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd, in Wales. Prior to the Local Government Act 1972 it was in the administrative county of Caernarfonshire. The town lies 5 miles (8 km) east of Criccieth, 11 miles (18 km) south west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 miles (40 km) north of Dolgellau and 20 miles (32 km) south of Caernarfon. It has a population of 4,187.^[2]

The town developed in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England. Since the decline of the slate industry it has become an important shopping centre for the surrounding area and a popular tourist destination. It has easy access to the Snowdonia National Park and is the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway.^[3] In 1987 the National Eisteddfod was held in Porthmadog.^[4]

The community includes the nearby villages of Borth-y-Gest, Morfa Bychan and Tremadog.

The Ffestiniog Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a narrow gauge heritage railway, located in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park.

The railway is roughly 13+¹/₂ miles (21.7 km) long and runs from the harbour at Porthmadog to the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, travelling through forested and mountainous scenery. The line is single track throughout with four intermediate passing places. The track gauge is 1 ft 11 ¹/₂ in (597 mm) allowing trains to interwork through to the Welsh Highland Railway of 1922 (operated by the Ffestiniog). The first mile of the line out of Porthmadog runs atop an embankment locally called ""the Cob"", which is the dyke of the Traeth Mawr ""polder

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period=1945 - present

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