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Tal-y-Cafn Tal-y-Cafn ( Welsh meaning : ''"place opposite the ferry-boat"'') is a small settlement in Conwy county borough, north Wales, in the community of Eglwysbach. It lies in the Conwy valley close to the Roman settlement of Canovium at Caerhun, a ...

Conwy Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on ...

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Tal-y-Cafn railway station is located at

, Wales, on the Conwy Valley Line from

Llandudno Junction Llandudno Junction ( cy, Cyffordd Llandudno), once known as Tremarl, is a village in the county borough of Conwy, Wales. It is part of the ancient parish of Llangystennin, and it is located south of Llandudno. It adjoins Deganwy and is to the ...

to Blaenau Ffestiniog.

History

Until the early 1960s the station had a

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and two platforms, was known as Tal-y-Cafn and Eglwysbach and publicised as the station for

Bodnant Garden Bodnant Garden ( cy, Gardd Bodnant) is a National Trust property near Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, Wales, overlooking the Conwy Valley towards the Carneddau mountains. Founded in 1874 and developed by five generations of one family, it was given to th ...

, which is in the parish of

Eglwysbach Eglwysbach is a village and community in Conwy county borough, Wales. The village plays host to an annual Agricultural show and horticultural show in August, which includes displays of local cattle, sheep, heavy and light horses, showjumping a ho ...

and a lengthy up-hill walk. The station was renamed from ''Tal-y-Cafn & Eglwysbach'' to ''Tal-y-Cafn'' on 6 May 1974, although a name board on the disused platform still refers to Eglwysbach.

Facilities

The former signal control area at Tal-y-Cafn (geograph 4941657)

The station buildings, mostly in private occupation, are well maintained. The Station Master's House is an all year round holiday let, available for booking through railwaystationcottages.co.uk The station is officially an unstaffed halt (tickets must be purchased on the train or prior to travel), but the level crossing at the south end is still manned (due to its location next to the river bridge) and retains its manually-operated metal gates; the crossing keeper works out of an office in the main building. Up until 1993, the crossing also had protecting signals worked from a

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on the platform; these were replaced by stop and fixed distant boards after the gates were run through by a train. Digital CIS displays, a pay phone and timetable poster boards are provided to offer train running information. The station has step-free access to the platform from the station entrance, but is not wheelchair accessible.

Services

Six trains call in each direction Mon-Sat, with four departures each way on Sundays. Following serious flood damage to the line in multiple locations caused by Storm Gareth in March 2019, services were suspended and replaced by buses until repair work was carried out. The line reopened in July 2019 after completion of the remedial works. Further storm damage to the line in the area (this time from

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) in February 2020 with services again being suspended until the line was reopened on 28 September 2020.

References

External links

Conwy Valley Railway
{{Conwy Valley Eglwysbach Railway stations in Conwy County Borough DfT Category F2 stations Railway request stops in Great Britain Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail

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