Portmadog's original WHR station was 'Porthmadog New'. Opened in 1923, it was located just across the Cambrian (later GWR) main line. The photograph shows it shortly after opening.

1933 saw more financial problems for the WHR, and the new GWR imposed huge prices for manning and upkeep of the WHR/GWR crossing. As a cost cutting measure, a smaller station was built a few yards away beyond the other side of the GWR, and trains terminated at that station.

Porthmadog New survived a remarkably long time, up until 1990, when it sadly went the same way as the Britannia Bridge to Anglsey, falling victim to children playing with matches.

In the background, just behind the lamp post, the photo shows the buildings of Gelerts Farm, now the Machine Shops of the WHR's Gelert's Farm Works.

Nowadays, the base of the water tower still stands but otherwise the scene has changed - high fences hem in the old trackbed.

WHR Collection #209

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