{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.272738, 53.211918]}, "properties": {"name": "Amlwch branch", "media": [], "title": "Amlwch branch", "__pmp__": {"presentation": {"point": {"type": "symbol", "symbol": {"text": "\ud83d\udcf0", "color": "DarkOliveGreen"}}}}, "_umap_id": "E2OTY", "description": "http://www.forgottenrelics.org/routes/amlwch-branch/\n'In 1852 the LNWR made a survey of the land between Gaerwen and Llangefni with a view to building a line between the two villages. The reason is not known but the survey report quoted that it was \u201cnot worth building\u201d. The station at Gaerwen was mid way between the main line stations of Holyhead and Bangor and the survey had been commissioned before the main line had been connected via the Britannia tubular bridge across the Menai Straits.\nSix years later in 1858, a public meeting in Llangefni was held to publicise the building of a railway between Gaerwen and Amlwch and also to build another line down the west of the island of Anglesey to join the LNWR main line at the small village of Valley. The latter proposal was not carried forward. Nothing more was heard of the scheme until 1861 when a Mr David Davies and partner offered to build a line from Gaerwen to Amlwch at a cost in the region of \u00a36,000 per mile. The LNWR was approached with the idea and promptly turned it down. Thus the Anglesey Central Railway was born. It was incorporated in 1863 with a capital investment of \u00a3120,000.'  \u00a9 Dave Griffiths 2009"}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.33784, 53.282228]}, "properties": {"name": "Anglesey Beeching axe railway bids for funding to reopen", "media": [], "title": "Anglesey Beeching axe railway bids for funding to reopen", "__pmp__": {"presentation": {"point": {"type": "symbol", "symbol": {"text": "\ud83d\udcf0", "color": "DarkOliveGreen"}}}}, "_umap_id": "U2Mjc", "description": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53960145 \nBBC News 30th August 2020\n'A project to reconnect Wales' most northerly town to the railway after 55 years is being considered for funding.\nA bid has been made for money to carry out a study to reopen the Anglesey Central Railway between Amlwch and the north Wales main line at Gaerwen.\nThe UK government is offering funding to restore lines closed after the 1963 Beeching Report, which proposed cutting about a third of the railway network.\nThe plan is for regular diesel services for locals and occasional steam trains'.", "_umap_options": {"popupShape": "Large"}}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.335179, 53.27766]}, "properties": {"name": "Anglesey railway track clear-up brings Gaerwen-Amlwch reopening closer", "media": [], "title": "Anglesey railway track clear-up brings Gaerwen-Amlwch reopening closer", "__pmp__": {"presentation": {"point": {"type": "symbol", "symbol": {"text": "\ud83d\udcf0", "color": "DarkOliveGreen"}}}}, "_umap_id": "EyNzM", "description": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-17770791 \nCredit BBC 19th April 2012\n'A clear-up of disused tracks on Anglesey will bring plans by railway enthusiasts to open a line between Gaerwen and Amlwch a step closer.\nThe Anglesey Central Railway company wants to secure a lease from Network Rail to allow it to access grants to reopen the line.\nMeanwhile, Network Rail carried out a feasibility study on the Llangefni to Gaerwen line.\nIt shut in 1964 but remained in use for chemical freight until the early 1990s.\nAnglesey Central Railway chairman Walter Glyn Davies said the clear-up of the Gaerwen to Amlwch section was an historic occasion'."}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.354491, 53.291053]}, "properties": {"name": "Community group wants to turn former Anglesey railway line into 18-mile pathway", "media": [], "title": "Community group wants to turn former Anglesey railway line into 18-mile pathway", "__pmp__": {"presentation": {"point": {"type": "symbol", "symbol": {"text": "\ud83d\udcf0", "color": "DarkOliveGreen"}}}}, "_umap_id": "g2MDM", "description": "https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/community-group-wants-turn-former-26932130 \nDaily post 25th May 2023", "_umap_options": {"popupShape": "Large"}}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.300289, 53.236712]}, "properties": {"name": "Disused Amlwch branch line reopening study begins ", "media": [{"url": "/static/media/umap/buildings_structures_and_biodiversity_along_llange/layer_9/f1ca6310ead22e50280e7b30b4d575e0.mp4", "title": "Disused Amlwch branch line reopening study begins", "filename": "umap/buildings_structures_and_biodiversity_along_llange/layer_9/f1ca6310ead22e50280e7b30b4d575e0.mp4", "location": {"latitude": 53.236712, "longitude": -4.300289}, "media_type": "video", "description": "These photos were taken June 2024  by Tansy Rogerson along the Gaerwen to Llangefni line (just outside Llangefni). Most of the railway along this stretch is completely overgrown, unlike from the other side of Llangefni, where once you leave Llangefni the line opens up again. \nhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12246945\n'The line between Llangefni and Gaerwen shut in 1964 but remained in use for chemical freight until the early 1990s.\nThe four-and-a-half miles (7.2km) of track have become overgrown with vegetation since it went out of use.\nThe feasibility study will see engineers looking at 31 bridge and culverts, as well as earthworks on the route.\nThey will also examine the feasibility of refurbishing the Llangefni station building and its disused platform.\nNetwork Rail said a study of the natural environment aimed to identify any rare plants and species that would need to be protected if line was reopened.' Source BBC 2011", "content_type": "video/mp4", "base_filename": "f1ca6310ead22e50280e7b30b4d575e0", "canonical_url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UQ8VVEeBpGj8vcJ2oU8wsFRDggNqU2Lm/preview"}], "title": "Disused Amlwch branch line reopening study begins", "__pmp__": {"presentation": {"point": {"type": "symbol", "symbol": {"text": "\ud83d\udcf0", "color": "DarkOliveGreen"}}}}, "_umap_id": "Y5MTc", "description": "These photos were taken June 2024  by Tansy Rogerson along the Gaerwen to Llangefni line (just outside Llangefni). Most of the railway along this stretch is completely overgrown, unlike from the other side of Llangefni, where once you leave Llangefni the line opens up again. \nhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12246945\n'The line between Llangefni and Gaerwen shut in 1964 but remained in use for chemical freight until the early 1990s.\nThe four-and-a-half miles (7.2km) of track have become overgrown with vegetation since it went out of use.\nThe feasibility study will see engineers looking at 31 bridge and culverts, as well as earthworks on the route.\nThey will also examine the feasibility of refurbishing the Llangefni station building and its disused platform.\nNetwork Rail said a study of the natural environment aimed to identify any rare plants and species that would need to be protected if line was reopened.' Source BBC 2011", "_umap_options": {"popupShape": "Large"}}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.348526, 53.287564]}, "properties": {"name": "Funding bid presented for disused Anglesey Central Railway feasibility study", "media": [], "title": "Funding bid presented for disused Anglesey Central Railway feasibility study", "__pmp__": {"presentation": {"point": {"type": "symbol", "symbol": {"text": "\ud83d\udcf0", "color": "DarkOliveGreen"}}}}, "_umap_id": "M4Nzc", "description": "https://north.wales/news/anglesey/funding-bid-presented-for-disused-anglesey-central-railway-feasibility-study-26759.html\nCredit North.Wales 19th March 2021\n'The UK Government has been urged to help fund a \u00a3100,000 feasibility study into what to do with a disused railway line spanning much of central Anglesey.\nUntil the ceasing of freight services in 1993, the Anglesey Central Railway connected Amlwch with the North Wales coast line at Gaerwen.\nBut with some having long harboured hopes that trains will once again run along the tracks, 2012 saw the granting of a licence by Network Rail to a local group to to begin the arduous task of clearing the overgrown line spanning almost 18 miles.\nSince then, the Lein Amlwch group have been successful in clearing several miles of track in the hopes of once again re-opening the line to regular passengers for the first time since 1964.\nBut with others preferring to see the line used as the basis for a multi use path \u2013 including walking, running, cycling and horse riding \u2013 it is hoped that the feasibility study could look at all of the various options.'"}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.351144, 53.289668]}, "properties": {"name": "Old North Wales railway becomes jobs vs tourism battleground with millions of pounds at stake", "media": [], "title": "Old North Wales railway becomes jobs vs tourism battleground with millions of pounds at stake", "__pmp__": {"presentation": {"point": {"type": "symbol", "symbol": {"text": "\ud83d\udcf0", "color": "DarkOliveGreen"}}}}, "_umap_id": "kzMDE", "description": "https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/old-north-wales-railway-becomes-28344666\nDaily post article 29th Dec 2023", "_umap_options": {"popupShape": "Large", "outlinkTarget": "blank"}}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.340672, 53.283305]}, "properties": {"name": "Public react strongly to proposal to reopen Anglesey railway line", "media": [], "title": "Public react strongly to proposal to reopen Anglesey railway line", "__pmp__": {"presentation": {"point": {"type": "symbol", "symbol": {"text": "\ud83d\udcf0", "color": "DarkOliveGreen"}}}}, "_umap_id": "EzMDk", "description": "https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/18974087.public-react-strongly-proposal-reopen-anglesey-railway-line/\nArticle in North Wales Chronicle  29th Dec 2020\n\u201cUtterly stupid and unsustainable idea. It should be a multi purpose path for walking cycling and horses. They will never get a train on there and nobody would use the train.\u201d\nAnother added: \u201cGreat idea we need railways running again I'm sure the locals would like and appreciate the trains to be used for their purpose.\u201d", "_umap_options": {"popupShape": "Large"}}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.349084, 53.288231]}, "properties": {"name": "The legal right and a lease deal about the railway path announced ", "media": [], "title": "The legal right and a lease deal about the railway path announced", "__pmp__": {"presentation": {"point": {"type": "symbol", "symbol": {"text": "\ud83d\udcf0", "color": "DarkOliveGreen"}}}}, "_umap_id": "EwNTU", "description": "https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/anglesey-central-railway.1419493/ \nCredit: National Preservation.com 2nd May 2021\n\u201cIt is a pleasure to announce after 6 years of detailed and vast discussions with Network Rail Infastructure Limited, we have completed formally the legal steps on April 29, 2021, and We are now in a situation to inform you that the Anglesey Central Railway has. The legal right and a lease deal about the railway path which is known as \u2032\u2032 GLA Line \u2032\u2032 between the junction of Gaerwen and Amlwch for the period up to, and including April 29, 2120.\nWe wish to convey our most appreciation to all Lein Amlwch members, as well as Anglesey communities supporters for their non-surrender support. We would also like to record and acknowledge the support received from different departments from the commercial and industrial community as well as the efforts of Anglesey representative in our Senedd, which has been extremely busy promoting the restoration of trains on this railway once again."}}]}