It comprised a 2.5-mile stretch from the Carreg-y-defaid Quarry, southwest of Pwllheli, to West End, for the purposes of carrying stone for the construction of the seawall and The Parade.

[6] The tramway timetable of 1 August 1896 shows the service from West End starting at 9:00 am, running at 40-minute intervals until 8:20 pm.

[2] Glyn-y-weddw was opened as an art gallery and this attracted holiday makers from the West End resort to use the tramway.

[9] On 28 October 1927 a storm over the north Wales area drove the sea inland over half a mile along the Embankment Road, and a long section of the tramway between Carreg-y-Defaid and Tyddyn-Caled was swept away.

One car is preserved on a piece of track at Plas Glyn-y-weddw, Llanbedrog, although its gauge is 2 ft 7 in (787 mm).