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Snowdon Mountain Railway

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A train at Llanberis station
One of the trains that climb from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon
The Snowdon Mountain Railway is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Wales. The line was opened as a tourist railway in 1896, and travels for 7.5 km (just under 5 miles) from the base station at Llanberis (at 108 metres/353 feet above sea level), to the summit station at 1065 metres (3493 feet). This is only 20 metres below the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in England and Wales, at 1085 metres (3560 feet).

It is the only rack and pinion railway in the British Isles, uses the Abt rack system, and has a track gauge common to most mountain railways of 2 ft 7½ inches (800 mm). It is operated by both steam and diesel locomotives.

The line is a highly popular tourist attraction.

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Major Current Welsh narrow gauge railways:

''Bala Lake | Brecon Mountain | Ffestiniog | Llanberis Lake | Snowdon Mountain | Talyllyn & Narrow Gauge Railway Museum | Vale of Rheidol | Welsh Highland | Welshpool & Llanfair