Spring is upon us at last, the season which raises the spirits with lengthening daylight and warmth after a winter of restrictions and frustrations. The great satirical song-writer, Tom Lehrer, wrote joyfully (sic) of its positivity, as well as detailing some questionable practices in which one might choose to indulge…
We are pleased to announce the resumption of our train services from 1st May 2021. Tickets will be available through our online booking system which will be open shortly after Easter. Our shop at Llanuwchllyn will also re-open at the same time as will our café for takeaway service only.…
We are keen to re-open the railway as soon as the conditions are right and lockdown regulations permit. Our staff are currently working hard to make sure we are ready to welcome you safely when we can. Although the Welsh Government have indicated that self-contained accommodation may re-open on the…
With the packed winter programme of loco and rolling stock refurbishment running along smoothly as we will see later, there is only one story to lead with this month, a huge success for the Trust, and ‘huge’ hardly does it justice. The Bala Lake Railway Trust has had the most…
We are on our way!! It has always been said that good things always come out of bad. When we first embarked on building of the extension to Bala Lake Railway, we knew how important it was for the railway, the local economy of Bala and the surrounding area. But…
We are looking forward to the time when our trains can start running again and we can safely welcome you back to our railway. At the moment we do not have a date for when this is likely to happen, but as soon as we receive an indication from the…
There's some fantastic news this evening from the Bala Lake Railway Trust... Their February Appeal raised an amazing £71,000... Read more on their website at: https://www.balalakerailwaytrust.org.uk/news.html
“It’s a pity there’s nothing happening on your railway”. This unimaginative comment from an acquaintance prompted the response that one should always keep in mind the old military axiom; ‘assumption is the mother of all foul-ups’. In point of fact, there is a lot happening on the BLR in spite…
The Bala Lake Railway Trust urgently need your help to secure part of the BLR's extension into Bala Town. They currently have a £50,000 shortfall in the funding required by Natural Resources Wales who will be building some of our trackbed as part of planned work at Bala later this…
Lockdowns – nothing! With varying restrictions in December throughout the UK, the amount of work carried out by staff and volunteers during the first three weeks of the month was nothing short of staggering. As this is written post-Christmas, with newer and more stringent restrictions in place for the next…
