Station code NLR DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SH795622 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 1,272 | |
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Similar Tal‑y‑Cafn railway station, Dolgarrog railway station, Pont‑y‑Pant railway station, Roman Bridge railway st, Dolwyddelan railway station | ||
North Llanrwst railway station (Welsh: Gogledd Llanrwst) is the only train passing station on the Conwy Valley Line between Llandudno Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. The station has had several previous names, including Llanrwst and Trefriw, Llanrwst and Llanrwst North. This station is also a request stop.
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History
The station and its goods yard were opened on 17 June 1863 as the Llanrwst terminus of the Conway and Llanrwst Railway that was taken over by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1867 and extended to Betws-y-Coed in 1869. To accommodate the southward extension, the station was resited on 6 April 1868. This station was renamed Llanrwst and Trefriw in April 1884, reverting to its original name Llanrwst during the British Railways era, on 6 May 1974. The station buildings are largely intact, though mostly disused, and there is a working signal box north of the station at which trains must stop to exchange tokens. The platforms heights are low and wooden boarding steps are provided on both platforms. The extensive station yard is now used for light industry.
The village of Trefriw (noted for its spa, first used by the Romans), is still served by the station by way of the Gower suspension footbridge over the River Conwy, a rural walk of about one mile.
Llanrwst has a second railway station, located more centrally in the town, and this was opened on 29 July 1989; to allow the new station to take the name Llanrwst, this station was renamed Llanrwst North on the same day; it has since been amended to North Llanrwst.
Services
Five southbound and six northbound trains call on request Mon-Sat (approximately every three hours), with three trains each way on Sundays between May and early September.