Important announcements from the railway
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
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…
Our running season was cut short during September by the introduction of the Welsh two-week lockdown over the school half-term period. This enabled us to start our winter work programme slightly earlier than planned. The work planned for this winter includes: The rebuilding of two coaches Improving fencing along the…
With the announcement from the Welsh Government of a two week 'fire-break' lockdown the Bala Lake Railway will be closing for the rest of the season from Friday 23rd October. Trains will be running as advertised on Thursday 22nd October. If local lockdown conditions in your area permit why not…
We are sorry to announce that our trains will not now be running on Sunday 18th October and the railway will be closed. This is a result of the latest Covid-19 travel restrictions which has led to a significant reduction in visitors this weekend. We will be reviewing our operations…
Due to the Covid-19 restrictions in place we have taken the very difficult decision to cancel both our Halloween and Santa trains this year. Read more about this by clicking here
Our trains are running but please check our online timetable on this site and pre-book your tickets before travelling. We have made several modifications to the way we operate so that we can keep you, our staff, and volunteers safe. These include provision for social distancing, hand sanitising and enhanced…
Our trains are running again but please check our timetable and pre-book your tickets before travelling. We have made several modifications to the way we operate so that we can keep you, our staff, and volunteers safe. These include provision for social distancing, hand sanitising and enhanced cleaning of our…
We are pleased to announce that we will be re-opening on Thursday 9th July. We have made several modifications to the way we operate so that we can keep you, our staff, and volunteers safe. These include provision for social distancing, hand sanitising and enhanced cleaning of our trains and other…
