Not to be confused with the Fale of Rehidol railway, where the locomotive is constantly broken…read more This is a beautiful old classic private Railway, and one of the Heritage Railways located on the Hills near Aberystwyth. It's absolutely beautiful up here and was originally part of the actual Railway in the area - but now it's mainly for tourists and a romantic part of the area. It won a lot of awards, esspecially in the mid tens.

If you're bored of coming fourth and missing out on the medals, then you're Borth…read more This is a tiny old station on the coast of Wales, with a station house that looks a little bit like a pub or some old stately home or something. It's pretty remarkable and I'm definitely a fan. It's a listed building and should be because it's absolutely beautiful. The chimneys are an especially nice touch, but when you look out from the station all you see is fields and nothing for miles, so it's pretty romantic and one of my favourite little stops in Wales - especially with all the mountains in the background.

Where there's a pwll there's a way…read more I prefer owls to pwls, because they're mroe of a hoot. And this place is heavenly, but it's also a little pwll.... heli. This is a little station for the little town of... I can't pronounce it... which is a coastal town on the peninsula north of Aberystwyth on the Welsh Coast. It hasn't been used very much lately, and has a nice little Station House and looks quite new and different to a lot of the other stations in Wales. The little station house looks kind of like somebody's house, like a residence. It's a nice part of the country and pretty remote, but it does need a station and it's great that it has one. It has been around for a long time and is larger than you would expect, at least in some portions of the station such as the house itself. Now I have to leave, my pwll heli... copter's here.

Ellie Goulding may be a racist, and that may be why they call her "Klan-Ellie", which is not to be…read moreconfused with this city in South Wales. This is a large station with large overhanging covers on both sides of the platforms, which is pretty excellent because a lot of the stations in South Wales don't have anything like that. It's right between two level crossings, and lots of cars are driving across the tracks on both sides of the station, which you would think would be a little bit treacherous, but it hasn't been too bad so far because it's quite well run. It hasn't changed much since the 70s, and looks almost identical except for some of the colouring on some of the overhangs. There were some riots here in 1911. Some people have been shot dead by the British military right at this spot, and the riots are a dark stain on the history of the UK, which hasn't really changed - they've just gotten better at controlling people.

lucky dip with staff, some friendly, some downright arrogant. Ticket office opening hours are…read morelimited, ticket machine occasionally breaks down.

I want to see my Bae-now. Not my Blae-nau. But that's okay…read more This is a little station with odd-looking platforms and also a beautiful Narrow Gauge platform that was for the quarries and the mines. It's part of a slate mining town in the northwest of Wales, which is what this whole region is famous for. It's cool how they have the two different types of trains stopping at the same station. I've honestly never seen that before. That's why I gave the star rating of 5, which is a little bit more than I would otherwise, because it is just so unique in that regard, and quite different to anything else I've seen.

If the tracks go over the water, is it a Rail-Ford?…read more This is an amazing private railway that climbs through the beautiful part of the mid Wales coast on the mountainous hills, and has existed since 1865, although it originally was just carrying materials to the quarry from the quarries. It was actually the first narrow gauge railway in the UK, and the first one to carry passengers. Now it's a tourist attraction and is absolutely beautiful. It hasn't been maintained very well, but that just makes it seem like something really old school, and one station in particular along this route is so gorgeous that I at least need to give the whole railway five stars.

The Ffestinog Railway is a great place. Either as a day out, for the family or couples, or as a…read moreplace to work. The railway has a core staff that keep it ticking over, but the majority of the work is done by volunteers, a very socialable group of people. The railway runs most of the years, and has some amazing views.