News from the Bala Lake Railway
June was a good month for the railway and passenger numbers are described as healthy, although the strange assortment of weather patterns was hardly conducive to record-breaking numbers. Nevertheless, there were consistent flows of visitors and the mid-month Gala, again in spite of the weather, was well attended. The Gala…
The Big Bala Bash and the Bala Triathlon will be taking place over the weekend of the 29th and 30th June. This involves the closure of the A494, the main road between Bala and Llanuwchllyn in the Bala area for periods on both days. From 2pm to 7pm on Saturday…
The BLR has done it again. During May, Tripadvisor awarded us another Certificate of Excellence thus elevating us to their Hall of Fame for the second time in a row. Their statement read as follows; “Because you have earned a Certificate of Excellence every year for the past five years,…
As Easters go, 2019 was as good as it gets. Normally occurring earlier in the year and often prone to cold and rainy conditions, the weather could hardly have been better and the BLR carried over double the number of passengers this year over last. Perfect weather throughout was an…
The Official Opening and Launch of the new Heritage Centre at Llanuwchllyn Station will take place at 11:00am on Monday 15th April. The Heritage Centre celebrates the rich and diverse history of the slate industry in North Wales and showcases our role in preserving and caring for a small part of…
The advent of spring at the railway coincided with a wonderful arrival in March, namely another five-figure donation for the Red Dragon Project from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. To say that all involved in the Bala Extension, as well as the BLR, are over the moon and…
It has been a busy month (was it ever thus) but we start with a major announcement from the BLR Trust about a large grant for the Red Dragon Project. The Trust is delighted to announce that its flagship Red Dragon Project, which is working towards extending the Bala Lake…
January has been a decidedly busy month (witness one of our biggest news pages to date) with much activity on the boiler front plus fevered progress on track relaying and maintenance. The Wednesday Gang and the Working Weekend/Week, which started on the 19th, produced a remarkable amount of work carried…
To the unsuspecting, December might be thought to be a very quiet month, but as always on the BLR, a vast amount of activity takes place in the ‘closed season’, so here is a sample of what has been happening behind the scenes. Boilers are in the news again, with…
Bearing in mind the BLR has only three full-time staff, we are indebted to our loyal band of volunteers who achieve so much and in all weathers, as you will read. Throughout all this, the humour persists, as does the large amount of tea and flapjacks consumed. What follows is…
