These wonderful recent aerial photographs show that tangible progress as the trackbed and formation for the extension of the Bala Lake Railway is taking shape. This civil engineering work is being carried out on our behalf by Natural Resources Wales, whilst they are undertaking work on the flood defences, and will soon be finished. Our thanks to all the amazing supporters who helped us raise the £277,000 to make this happen.
Planning permission will be required before we can start to lay track on this formation. We have acquired much of the land for the route and worked with local consultants to prepare and submit a planning application. This has been very challenging, demanding, time consuming and much more costly than originally anticipated. We have now managed to fulfil all requirements which will hopefully allow the Snowdonia
National Park to determine and grant us permission in early 2023.
Once we have secured planning approval, we will be making a general appeal for the next stages of the line’s development and your donations at this crucial stage will help us enormously. In the meantime, please continue to support the dream that is now becoming a reality in any way you can.