Staff were very friendly and enthusiastic, immaculately turned out trains and staff. Good value for money and my son particularly liked the Rev. Awdry exhibition in the museum.
Talyllyn Railway Company, Tywyn
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Talyllyn Railway Company
Gorsaf Wharf Station, Tywyn LL36 9EY, Wales
01654 710 472
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Ranked #1 of 4 attractions in Tywyn
Type: Scenic Railroads
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The Talyllyn Railway is a historic narrow gauge steam railway, running from Tywyn to Abergynolwyn and Nant Gwernol through unspoilt Snowdonia. Tywyn...
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The Talyllyn Railway is a historic narrow gauge steam railway, running from Tywyn to Abergynolwyn and Nant Gwernol through unspoilt Snowdonia. Tywyn is home to the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Railway Shop and King's Licensed Cafe & Bistro. The line passes the delightful Dolgoch Falls and there are excellent forest walks at Nant Gwernol.We offer a great day out for all the family. Groups receive a discount when booked in advance.
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TalyllynRailway, Marketing Officer at Talyllyn Railway Company, responded to this review
11 May 2013
Thank you for your comments we are glad to hear you had a good time visiting the railway and the Museum.
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Colchester, Essex
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Had a very enjoyable two hour trip on this delightful little train. Very well organised and stunning scenery. Staff were all extremely friendly!
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TalyllynRailway, Marketing Officer at Talyllyn Railway Company, responded to this review
11 May 2013
Thank you for your kind comments, we're always glad to hear people have enjoyed themselves. We hope you will visit again.
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London, United Kingdom
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Gorgeous preserved (slate transporting originally?) railway (wish there were a lot more of these)! Will definately go again, and it is so nice to see young people volunteer to do such fantastic work to keep this going. Well done :D
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TalyllynRailway, Marketing Officer at Talyllyn Railway Company, responded to this review
19 April 2013
Thank you for your kind review.
We are glad you enjoyed visiting. You are correct that the railway was built to carry slate as well as passengers. A brief but informative history appears on our website http://talyllyn.co.uk/history for anyone who is interested.
We are also very proud that we have so many young volunteers who give their time to help...
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united kingdom
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For a contrast boarded Cambrian Railway train (Arriva Wales) from Pwllheli ti Towyn to join Talyllyn Steam train for journey, the are more vintage in style then Ffestiniogg however they offer excellent disabled access to passengers in adapted carriage with removable ramp to BR standards.
Toilet facilities at Towyn excellent unfortunately toilets not so good at other stations.
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TalyllynRailway, Marketing Officer at Talyllyn Railway Company, responded to this review
19 April 2013
Thank you for your review. We are glad that you appreciated the ramped access to the carriages. You will be glad to hear that since your visit we have purchased three additional ramps, so that all our principle stations are now accessible from the train.
I am sorry that you were not completely satisfied with the standard of the toilets...
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Stourbridge, England, United Kingdom
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I took my young daughter to meet the Easter bunny. A great day was had which included chocolate eggs, a trip on the train and lunch!
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TalyllynRailway, Marketing Officer at Talyllyn Railway Company, responded to this review
19 April 2013
We are glad you enjoyed meeting the Easter Bunny and taking a trip on the Talyllyn Railway. We look forward to welcoming you again in the future.
regards,
Phil Eaton,
Marketing Officer.
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London, United Kingdom
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This has always been a great little railway; something I remember from my childhood. Revisiting it many years on it has not changed at all. My kids loved it and wanted to go back every day.
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TalyllynRailway, Marketing Officer at Talyllyn Railway Company, responded to this review
19 April 2013
Thank you for your kind words. We aim to 'preserve' the railway, as best we can, in a previous era. We're glad you appreciate that it is still how you remember it from your childhood. It is good to hear that your children enjoyed it too.
regards,
Phil Eaton,
Marketing Officer.
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Malvern, United Kingdom
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My son and I volunteer on the railway and the visits are a highlight of our year! Hard work, great company - and steam - what more could we want! Being part of the footplate crew is just such a great experience!
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Had a spare day last monday (18th Feb) whilst in North Wales and visited and rode the Talyllyn for the first time
What a little star of a preserved railway (£14 adult return with a free hot drink at Abergynolwyn Station) Yes it was a quiet day - being no longer half term but one could sense every one had...
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TalyllynRailway, Marketing Officer at Talyllyn Railway Company, responded to this review
1 March 2013
Thank you snowflake43 for your kind review, we are glad you enjoyed you visit. It was unfortunate that one of our steam locomotives (No4 Edward Thomas) developed a fault. We are glad to here that you appreciated our efforts to get another steam loco fired up rather than use a diesel to haul the train. One of the troubles of...
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Hereford, United Kingdom
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Another great preserved railway. It was nice to see 2 trains running. The museum is well worth looking round and the cafe is clean and food was well priced. Looking forw ard to visiting Talyllyn again.
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11 February 2013
Thank you herefordliz for your review. We’re glad to here you enjoyed your visit and look forward to welcoming you again.
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pwllheli
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The talyllyn railway is very good, the journey is lovely and relaxing, very nice staff and volunteers, cafes are lovely and clean lovely food, we had a really nice day we have been twice last year and cant wait to go again, really is a nice day out, highly reccomend.
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TalyllynRailway, Marketing Officer at Talyllyn Railway Company, responded to this review
10 January 2013
Thank you for your kind review. We are glad you have enjoyed your visits so much that you intend to again. We are running part of February half term, Sundays in March and the main season starts 23 March where we are open most days through to 3rd November.
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