Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway

Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway
Overview
HeadquartersPorthmadog
LocaleWales
Dates of operation18751887
Technical
Track gauge2 ft (610 mm)
Other
Part ofThe Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
CriteriaCultural: ii, iv
Reference1633-004
Inscription2021 (44th Session)

The Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway (GJ&PR) was a Welsh tramway.

The GJ&PR was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway connecting the slate quarries of Cwm Pennant with the wharves at Porthmadog harbour. It was built in 1872, partly as a conversion of the earlier 3 ft (914 mm) gauge Gorseddau Tramway, which in itself had incorporated the even earlier 3 ft (914 mm) gauge Tremadoc Tramway. It opened to mineral and goods traffic in 1875.