Dolwyddelan railway station

Dolwyddelan railway station is a passenger station in the Lledr Valley, Wales, on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, which is operated by Transport for Wales Rail. It is located at Pentre-Bont across the river a few hundred yards from the centre of Dolwyddelan. The station is unmanned.

Dolwyddelan
National Rail
General information
LocationDolwyddelan, Conwy
Wales
Coordinates53.052°N 3.885°W / 53.052; -3.885
Grid referenceSH737521
Managed byTransport for Wales Rail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeDWD
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
1879Opened
Passengers
2017/18Decrease 3,442
2018/19Increase 3,838
2019/20Decrease 2,558
2020/21Decrease 92
2021/22Increase 1,732
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

During the 1980s and 1990s a narrow-gauge train was displayed on the station platform. The locomotive was 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge Hunslet 2209, on loan from the Gloddfa Ganol railway museum.[1]

Facilities

The platform used to be an island platform as there was a passing loop on the west side. There used to be a substantial station building on the platform and a footbridge up to the road bridge. Both have now been removed and only remaining building is a standard waiting shelter. It is however fitted with a CIS display to offer train running details (these can also be obtained by phone and timetable posters).[2] Step-free access is provided from the car park to the platform.[3]

Services

Five southbound and six northbound trains call on request Mondays to Saturdays (approximately every three hours), with four trains each way on Sundays.[4]

From 16 March 2019 services were suspended from here due to major flood damage to the track further north (near Llanrwst) caused by Storm Gareth. The line remained closed for several months whilst repairs were carried out, with services resumed on 24 July 2019.[5] Further storm damage to the north (this time from Storm Ciara) in February 2020 once again saw services suspended, with buses replacing trains from here until the line reopened again on 28 September 2020.[6]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Pont-y-Pant   Transport for Wales Rail
Conwy Valley Line		   Roman Bridge

Notes
  1. "Leeds Engine Builders".
  2. Dolwyddelan station (2010) Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 31 May 2017
  3. Dolwyddelan station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  4. Table 102 National Rail timetable, December 2019
  5. Flood damaged Conwy Valley line could be closed for months itv.com news article 25 March 2019; Retrieved 26 March 2019
  6. "Conwy Valley Line opens after £2.2m flood repairs". BBC, 28 September 2020.

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bala to Llandudno. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 72-75. ISBN 9781906008871. OCLC 668198724.
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