Important announcements from the railway
We are pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for the resumption of our train services from 1st May 2021. The initial batch of tickets released are for the whole of May and we will be offering more dates soon. Our shop at Llanuwchllyn will also be open…
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…
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
