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Top Ten Cambrian Trailways! 17/04/2010

Launching Cambrian Trailways No.9 and No.10 are (left to right) Ben Davies (ATW), Cllr. Trevor Roberts (Gwynedd Council), Gerwyn Jones (CRP), Cllr. Anne Lloyd-Jones (Chair of Mid Wales Tourism and Gwynedd Council) Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM and Mike Bagshaw (ATW).
Credit: Glynda O’Brien.

Following the launch of two new additions there is now a Top Ten of walks in the popular Cambrian Trailway series of linear routes between stations on the Cambrian rail network!

Trailway No.9 between Tonfanau and Tywyn affords great views of the Dysynni Estuary, Cadair Idris and Bird’s Rock while Trailway No.10 between Llanbedr and Harlech gives spectacular vistas of Cardigan Bay, Pen Llŷn and Snowdonia.

The new walks were launched at a meeting of the Cambrian Coast Railway Liaison Conference that took place at Y Ganolfan, Porthmadog on Friday the 16th of April.

Chairman of the Conference, Cllr. Trevor Roberts commented “What I like about the Cambrian Trailways is that the maps are easy to follow and will give novice as well as more experienced walkers confidence to try out the routes. The Trailways encourage local people as well as visitors to get out and enjoy the area’s wonderful and varied landscapes that will in turn be of benefit to the wider economy”.

Ben Davies, Stakeholder Liaison Manager for Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) said “The development of marketing projects such as the Cambrian Trailways helps increase passenger numbers on the trains throughout the year which is positive from ATW’s perspective but is also important to the local economy in promoting the area as a year round tourism destination.”

The Cambrian Trailways are available for free download here and from local Tourist Information Centres and Staffed Railway Stations.

The Cambrian Trailways are produced by the Cambrian Railways Partnership (CRP) with support from Tourism Partnership Mid Wales.