Glan Conwy railway station

Glan Conwy railway station is on the east bank of the River Conwy on A470 road in the centre of the village of Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Wales and is located on the Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog Conwy Valley Line. There are through services to Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Glan Conwy
Glan Conwy station platform (2016)
LocationGlan Conwy, Conwy
Wales
Coordinates53.267°N 3.798°W / 53.267; -3.798
Grid referenceSH802761
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeGCW
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyConway and Llanrwst Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
17 June 1863 (1863-06-17)Opened as Llansaintffraid
1 January 1865Renamed Glan Conway
26 October 1964Closed
4 May 1970Reopened
12 May 1980Renamed Glan Conwy
Passengers
2015/16 3,748
2016/17 3,566
2017/18 3,166
2018/19 3,932
2019/20 2,858
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened by the Conway and Llanrwst Railway on 17 June 1863, and was originally named Llansaintffraid; it was renamed Glan Conway on 1 January 1865.[1]

Until around 1959, the station had its own Station Master. Afterwards, it was supervised by the Tal-y-Cafn station master. The staff comprised two porters working an early and late shift between them. A siding was provided which catered for coal and agricultural traffic. From 1954 to 1964 a camping coach was situated in the siding and used by holidaymakers.[2]

The station was closed to passenger traffic on 26 October 1964,[3] during the Beeching era, but reopened on 4 May 1970.[3] On 12 May 1980 it was renamed Glan Conwy.[3]

Facilities

The station buildings are in private occupation. The station is operated as an unstaffed halt and is a request stop - all tickets must be purchased on the train or prior to travel. Entrance is by a ramp from the end of the lower and original platform, where there is a small shelter. The station is fitted with digital information screens for providing running information, along with a payphone and timetable poster boards.[4]

Services

Five southbound and six northbound trains call on request Mon-Sat (approximately every three hours), with four trains each way on Sundays.[5] As of March 2019 however, services from here were suspended due to major infrastructure damage to the track and formation caused by Storm Gareth. Several sections of embankment have been washed out by the River Conwy and needed repaired before the line reopened. A replacement bus service was in operation in the meantime.[6] Services resumed on 18 July as far as Llanrwst, with the remainder of the line reopening on 24 July. Further storm damage to the south (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
Llandudno Junction   Transport for Wales
Conwy Valley Line		   Tal-y-Cafn

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 146, 103. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. pp. 42-43 & 50. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  3. Butt 1995, p. 103
  4. Glan Conwy station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  5. Table 102 National Rail timetable, December 2019
  6. 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. 99-100. ISBN 9781906008871. OCLC 668198724.
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