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

Dolwyddelan
Location
PlaceDolwyddelan
Local authorityConwy
Coordinates53.052°N 3.885°W / 53.052; -3.885
Grid referenceSH737521
Operations
Station codeDWD
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 4,354
2015/16 3,322
2016/17 3,918
2017/18 3,442
2018/19 3,838
History
1879Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dolwyddelan from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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).[1] Step-free access is provided from the car park to the platform.[2]

Services

Five southbound and six northbound trains call on request Mon-Sat (approximately every three hours), with four trains each way on Sundays.[3] 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.[4] Further storm damage to the north (this time from Storm Ciara) in February 2020 has once again seen services suspended, with buses replacing trains until September 2020.

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

Notes
  1. Dolwyddelan station (2010) Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 31 May 2017
  2. Dolwyddelan station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  3. Table 102 National Rail timetable, December 2019
  4. Flood damaged Conwy Valley line could be closed for months itv.com news article 25 March 2019; Retrieved 26 March 2019

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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