Advantages: Fresh air, Steam Train, Nature Disadvantages: Hard Seats
The Brecon Mountain Railway
A narrow Gauge line That runs beside the Taff Fechan Reservoir in Wales.
The Station building at Pant is built into the side of the hill at the starting point of this railway. It is built mainly on the track bed of the old Brecon & Merthyr Railway. After this was closed, like so many others in the 60's the land was sold to local farmers.
When in 1972 an engineer was looking for a site to run renovated narrow gauge engines ... ...the site of the original Pant Station so a new one with workshops was built slightly further down the hill.
The station opens at 09.30am and the first train is at 11.00am
The season is from end March to End of October. On some days in peak season the final daily train is at 05.00pm rather than at 04.00pm
Some days from April to June and again in October no trains are run.Timetable on web site should be checked to avoid disappointment.
On entering ...
Coloneljohn 13.12.2004
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Brecon Mountain Railway
Advantages: None Disadvantages: POOR VALUE & SAFETY CONCERNS.
I travelled with my family to this railway by car from the West Midlands in 2007,we found the fares and food prices in the cafe to be exorbitant and the cost for a day out here came to almost £200. POOR VALUE INDEED.
We also found out that the company were in severe financial difficulties and were forced to make their highly skilled maintenance staff redundant to keep the railway afloat, apparently their highly skilled maintenance machinist who ... ...to go.The staff that remained there to keep the railway running seemed to be extremely anxious about the safety aspect of the railway from a maintenance point of view.When we were last there several years earlier, the loco actually came off the track,though no one was in any danger of being hurt,but it does make you wonder what the scenario would now be if there is a lack of maintenance at the railway.
i certainly could not recommend a day out at ...
I.A.C 23.11.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Brecon Mountain Railway
This documentary tells the story of two railway companies. The first, 'The Brecon Mountain ... more
Railway' which opened as a heritage railway in June 1980. Its new narrow gauge track having been laid over part of the original track bed of the second company w...
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