The Welsh Highland Railway Order 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order authorises The Festiniog Railway Company to construct works and compulsorily to acquire land for the purpose of rebuilding the Welsh Highland Railway from Dinas to Porthmadog in the County of Gwynedd. It includes level crossings of public highways at six places. Provision is made for the stopping up and diversion of footpaths and a bridleway. It also provides for the vesting in the Gwynedd Council of exchange land for public open space purposes.

Copies of the plans, the sections and the book of reference are available for inspection free of charge during working hours at—

Messrs. Sharpe Pritchard, Elizabeth House, Fulwood Place, London WC1V 6HG; and

The Festiniog Railway Company, Harbour Station, Porthmadog, Gwynedd LL49 9NF.