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The tramway was absorbed into the Croesor And Portmadoc Railway (1865) and later the Portmadoc, Croesor And Beddgelert Tram Railway Company . Part of its route, from Croesor Junction to Porthmadog, was taken over by the Welsh Highland Railway in 1922, and upgraded to allow the operation of steam locomotives. The remainder of the line continued as a horse drawn tramway, and operated as such until the mid-1940s. After the demise of the Welsh Highland Railway, the stub of the tramway continued in use to carry agricultural products for local farms, until the late 1950s. The section from Croseor Junction to the slate quarries will probably never re-open as it would have no purpose, there being virtually no human presence at Croseor and the quarries having long since closed. However the part of the Croesor tramway that ran from Porthmadog to Croseor Junction will be re-opened as part of the resurrection of the Welsh Highland Railway , which, when completed in 2009, will run from Caerneferon to Porthmadoc, where it will link with the Ffestiniog Railway to allow through trains to be run. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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