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    Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland honoured by Network Rail with diesel naming

    May 07, 2019 1 minute
    NETWORK RAIL

    THE Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways’partnership with Network Rail has been celebrated by the naming of a Class 97 diesel at Minffordd station.

    No. 97302 (formerly No. at a ceremony on Friday, April 12, attended by representatives from Network Rail, Transport for Wales and other industry bodies. Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Assembly Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd and Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism unveiled the name.

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