Llanrwst railway station is in Denbigh Street near the centre of the market town of
Llanrwst, Wales, and close to the local bus termini in Watling Street. It is situated on the
Conwy Valley Line from
Llandudno Junction to
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Blaenau Ffestiniog is a town in Gwynedd, Wales. Once a slate mining centre in historic Merionethshire, it now relies much on tourists, drawn for instance to the Ffestiniog Railway and Llechwedd Slate Caverns. It reached a population of 12,00 ...
south of the former and was opened by
British Rail
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in 1989. The town's original station (opened in 1863) to the north is now called
North Llanrwst.
Facilities
The station here is unstaffed and has the same basic amenities seen at others on the line - a waiting shelter, timetable poster boards and digital information screen. Tickets must be bought on the train or prior to travel. Step-free access to the platform is available via a ramp from the main road.
Services
Six trains call each way on Mon-Sat (approximately every three hours), with four trains each way on Sundays. As of March 2019, however, all services from here were suspended following major flood damage to the track and other infrastructure in the area by the River Conwy as a result of
Storm Gareth
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on 16 March 2019. A replacement bus service operated, with repairs expected to take several months to complete. The line reopened northwards to Llandudno on 18 July 2019, ahead of the staging of the National Eisteddfod in the town; the remainder followed from 24 July. Further damage to the line caused by flooding from
Storm Ciara forced the closure of the route again on 8 February 2020; following repairs costing £2.2m. The line reopened on 28 September 2020.
References
Further reading
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External links
Conwy Valley Railway
Llanrwst
Railway stations in Conwy County Borough
DfT Category F2 stations
1989 establishments in the United Kingdom
Railway stations opened by British Rail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1989
Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail
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