Lost Lines of Wales: Conwy Valley Line

Though the Conwy Valley line is not ‘lost’ in the traditional sense and continues operations, this title recalls a by-gone era when steam locomotives were at their peak.Opened in 1863, the Conwy Valley line began with the primarypurpose of transporting slate from the Ffestiniog quarries for exportby sea. It also served many isolated communities in Snowdonia andcontributed to Wales’s developing tourist industry.The history and social background of the railway and its passengersduring this period is explored station by station and brought vividlyto life through extensive research and archive photography, some ofwhich has never been published before.