Great Little Trains of Wales

Great Little Trains of Wales

The Great Little Trains of Wales (deutsch etwa: „Großartige kleine Züge von Wales“) ist eine Vereinigung der meisten touristisch genutzten Schmalspurbahnen in Wales. Ihre Aufgabe ist ein gemeinsames Marketing. Ziel ist es dabei auch, mehr Touristen nach Wales zu locken. Die Vereinigung wurden in den 1970er Jahren gegründet und zählt seit dem Beitritt der Snowdown Mountain Railway im Jahr 2008 zehn Mitglieder. Die Vereinigung bietet eine Rabattkarte an, mit der auf allen zehn Linien eine Fahrpreisermäßigung gewährt wird.

Im Jahr 2009 hatte die Vereinigung die folgenden Mitglieder:

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Bala Lake Railway Tivedshambo 2004-07-18 Bala Lake Railway.jpg 2 ft (610 mm) Llanuwchllyn
Brecon Mountain Railway Brecon Mountain Railway train.jpg 1 ft 11 3⁄4 in (603 mm) Merthyr Tydfil
Ffestiniog Railway Taliesin.jpg 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) Porthmadog
Llanberis Lake Railway Elidir at Gilfach Ddu.jpg 1 ft 11 3⁄4 in (603 mm) Llanberis
Snowdon Mountain Railway SMR 2 below halfway 05-07-19 11.jpeg 2 ft 7 1⁄2 in (800 mm) Llanberis
Talyllyn Railway Tivedshambo 2005-04-29 Tywyn Wharf.jpg 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) Tywyn
Vale of Rheidol Railway VoRR no 8 GWR green.jpg 1 ft 11 3⁄4 in (603 mm) Aberystwyth
Welsh Highland Railway WHR Rhyd Ddu.jpg 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) Caernarfon
Welsh Highland Heritage Railway Trains at Porthmadog - ancient and modern.jpg 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) Porthmadog
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Countess.jpg 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Welshpool

Keine Mitglieder der Vereinigung sind die Fairbourne Railway, die Standseilbahn Great Orme Tramway in Llandudno und die allerdings normalspurige Llangollen Railway (Stand 2009).

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