Vale of Rheidol Railway, Heritage narrow-gauge railway in Aberystwyth, Wales.
The Vale of Rheidol Railway operates steam locomotives on an 11.75-mile track between Aberystwyth station and Devil's Bridge through the Rheidol Valley.
The railway line started operations in 1902 to transport lead ore from local mines, later becoming part of the Great Western Railway system in 1922.
The railway maintains a collection of original Great Western Railway steam locomotives and carriages from the 1920s, representing Welsh industrial transportation heritage.
The railway runs regular services from Easter to October, with trains departing from Aberystwyth station multiple times daily and completing the journey in one hour.
The engineering workshop at Aberystwyth station performs restoration work on vintage locomotives and provides maintenance services for other heritage railways across Britain.
Location: Aberystwyth
Inception: 1897
Address: Vale of Rheidol Railway, Park Avenue, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 1PG SY23 4EF
Website: https://rheidolrailway.co.uk
GPS coordinates: 52.41114,-4.07909
Latest update: May 27, 2025 13:04
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Mynach Falls
16 km
Coed Rheidol National Nature Reserve
15.1 km
Castell Bwa-drain Camp
12.7 km
Llyn Frongoch
14.7 km
Church of St John the Baptist
16.7 km
Devil's Bridge
16 km
Capel Mynach and chapel house attached to left
15.6 km
Ebenezer Wesleyan Chapel
15.1 km
Capel Salem
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Churchyard gateway and churchyard wall to right
16.7 km
Former chapel schoolroom
16.2 km
Hafod Arms Hotel
16 km
Troedrhiwsebon
13.7 km
Llantrisant Church, Ceredigion
15.3 km
Iron footbridge over Afon Mynach
16 km
Penybont
16.1 km
Bethel Methodist Chapel
13.8 km
Llwyn-y-Groes Chapel
12.4 km
Automobile Association call box by Hafod Arms Hotel
16 km
Cae'r meirch
18.5 km
Pantymawn
19.1 km
Llwyn-y-Groes Sunday School Chapel
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Bodcoll
17.3 km
Devil's Bridge Station
15.7 km
Bwlch Gwyn Lead Mine
15.4 km
The Jubilee Arch
18.7 km
Llyn yr Oerfa
14.1 kmReviews
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