Conwy railway station serves the town of Conwy, north Wales, and is located on the North Wales Main Line, between Llandudno Junction and Penmaenmawr, from London Euston, measured via Crewe. It is served by Transport for Wales, who manage the station.
History
The station was opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway on 1 May 1848. It was closed as part of the Beeching cuts on 14 February 1966 but reopened on 29 June 1987 as a request stop. Upon reopening, the Welsh spelling Conwy was adopted, in contrast to the Anglicised form Conway used until closure in 1966.
The original station had substantial decorated mock-Tudor style buildings on both sides (being sited within the town walls), along with canopies and a footbridge - this was however demolished soon after closure and no trace now remains.Disused Stations - Conway Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 30 May 2017
From 6 July 2020, trains did not call at the station due to the short platform and the inability to maintain social distancing between passengers and the guard when opening the train door. A limited service had returned by 29 March 2021.
Facilities Each platform has an open sided shelter for waiting passengers, a customer help point, timetable poster boards and digital CIS displays. There is no ticketing provision and the station is unstaffed - tickets must be bought on the train or in advance of travel. Step-free access is available (via ramps) to both sides.
Passenger volume +Passenger volume at Conwy2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25Entries and exits18,53919,13123,41126,00030,24027,16832,15638,13038,41238,98241,56046,33648,83257,00659,03057,4863,28028,03852,56867,46483,682 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
Conwy is served only by Transport for Wales Rail services on request.
The Monday to Friday service pattern is as follows:eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 077 (Network Rail)
Westbound: 11 trains per day (tpd) run to
Eastbound: run to 1 tpd runs to via 2 tpd run to 1 tpd terminates at 2 tpd run to 1 tpd terminates at .
Service frequency varies between being 1 train per hour (tph), 1 train per 2 hours and 1 train per 3 hours.
On Saturdays there are 10 trains per day to Holyhead, and the Manchester Airport service does not run. Eastbound services run to Birmingham and Cardiff via and .
The Sunday service is infrequent (particularly in winter), with large gaps between trains. 9 services on a Sunday run to Holyhead, with 6 eastbound services. The first eastbound Sunday service runs to , the second , with a five hour gap before the remaining 4 services run to Crewe.
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