New TR carriages to be built at Boston Lodge

THE Talyllyn Railway (TR) has contracted the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway to construct its three new carriages.

The TR secured a £300,000 Coastal Communities Fund grant towards construction of three new bogie carriages earlier this year, the grant will finance two of the vehicles with TR to raise the money for the third (RM, June).

The new carriages will increase TR passenger capacity in peak seasons, provide heated winter passenger accommodation and enable the railway to restrict the use of its original carriages to special occasions.