![]() BETHESDA BRANCH FEATURES[Source: Les Fifoot, John Wilson & Paul Wright]
![]() Bethesda junction looking west along the main line in 1930. The Bethesda branch can be seen leading off to the left beyond the signal box. A short distance beyond the actual junction is Bangor tunnel.
Copyright photo from the John Alsop collection ![]() The Bethesda branch shown on a 1930s map. ![]() The Bethesda branch commenced at Bethesda Junction on the Chester and Holyhead railway. The junction was controlled by a signal box located between the main line (on the south side) and the branch (which passed to the south of the box). The box, an LNWR structure with 25 levers, is seen looking south in the early 1960s. It closed on 28 August 1965. Photo by David Lawrence from the Ken Robinson collection ![]() The site of Bethesda Junction looking east on 31 January 2013. The Bethesda branch diverged from the main line and headed towards the right from the point marked by the trackside cabinets.
Photo by Paul Wright ![]() The Bethesda branch 1 mile post seen on 31 January 2013.
Photo by Les Fifoot ![]() Photo by Les Fifoot ![]() Bethesda Junction, seen on 31 January 2013. Photo by Paul Wright ![]() Looking north along the trackbed of the Bethesda branch onto the Afon Cegin Viaduct on 31 January 2013. The viaduct has survived the closure of the line and carries a footpath over the valley.
Photo by Paul Wright ![]() The Afon Cefin Viaduct, looking east on 31 January 2013.
Photo by Paul Wright ![]() Looking south across the Afon Cefin Viaduct on 31 January 2013.
Photo by Paul Wright ![]() Looking south over the Afon Cefin Viaduct on 31 January 2013. The curvature of the
structure is evident in this view. Photo by Les Fifoot ![]() Looking south towards Bethesda at the Afon Ogwen bridge on 31 January 2013. The viewpoint is above the south portal of Tregarth Tunnel.
Photo by Les Fifoot ![]() Photo by Paul Wright ![]() Photo by Paul Wright ![]() Photo by Les Fifoot ![]() Looking towards Bethesda at a point towards the southern end of the branch. A section of the embankment had been swept away when this view was taken on 31 January 2013. Photo by Les Fifoot
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