Dolwyddelan railway station is a passenger station in the

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, Wales, on the Conwy Valley Line from

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, which is operated by

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. It is located at Pentre-Bont across the river a few hundred yards from the centre of

Dolwyddelan Dolwyddelan ( ; ; ) – in Victorian times, often spelled Dolyddelen – is a village and community in Conwy county borough, Wales, on the main A470 road between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Betws-y-Coed. As a community, the population of Do ...

. The station is unmanned.

History

During the 1980s and 1990s a

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train was displayed on the station platform. The locomotive was gauge

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2209, on loan from the

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railway museum.

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). Step-free access is provided from the car park to the platform.

Services

Five southbound and six northbound trains call on request Mondays to Saturdays (approximately every three hours), with four trains each way on Sundays. From 16 March 2019 services were suspended from here due to major flood damage to the track further north (near ) caused by Storm Gareth. The line remained closed for several months whilst repairs were carried out, with services resumed on 24 July 2019. Further storm damage to the north (this time from

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) in February 2020 once again saw services suspended, with buses replacing trains from here until the line reopened again on 28 September 2020.

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Conwy Valley RailwayDolwyddelan Railway Station on Wikimapia
Dolwyddelan Railway stations in Conwy County Borough DfT Category F2 stations Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail Railway request stops in Great Britain {{Wales-railstation-stub

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