:Dolwyddelan railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = Dolwyddelan

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Dolwyddelan Railway Station (geograph 3438770).jpg

| borough = Dolwyddelan, Conwy

| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|53.052|N|3.885|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SH737521|25|SH737521}}

| manager = Transport for Wales Rail

| platforms = 1

| code = DWD

| classification = DfT category F2

| years = 1879

| events = Opened

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 2,558}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 92}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 1,732}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 3,546}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 5,518}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

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

History

During the 1980s and 1990s a narrow-gauge train was displayed on the station platform. The locomotive was {{TrackGauge|750mm}} gauge Hunslet 2209, on loan from the Gloddfa Ganol railway museum.{{cite web |url=http://leedsengine.info/leeds/locolist.asp?page=63&order=SELECT+*+FROM+locos+WHERE+%5Bexist%5D+ORDER+by+%5BWorks+No%5D |title=Leeds Engine Builders}}

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).[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3309528 Dolwyddelan station (2010)] Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 31 May 2017 Step-free access is provided from the car park to the platform.[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/DWD/details.html Dolwyddelan station facilities] National Rail Enquiries

Services

Five southbound and six northbound trains call on request Mondays to Saturdays (approximately every three hours), with four trains each way on Sundays.{{NRtimes|December 2019|102}}

From 16 March 2019 services were suspended from here due to major flood damage to the track further north (near {{rws|Llanrwst}}) caused by Storm Gareth. The line remained closed for several months whilst repairs were carried out, with services resumed on 24 July 2019.[https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2019-03-25/flood-damaged-railway-could-be-closed-for-months/ Flood damaged Conwy Valley line could be closed for months] itv.com news article 25 March 2019; Retrieved 26 March 2019 Further storm damage to the north (this time from Storm Ciara) in February 2020 once again saw services suspended, with buses replacing trains from here until the line reopened again on 28 September 2020.{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-wales-54300025|title= Conwy Valley Line opens after £2.2m flood repairs|work= BBC, 28 September 2020|date= 27 September 2020}}

{{rail line|previous=Pont-y-Pant|route=Transport for Wales Rail
Conwy Valley Line|next=Roman Bridge |col={{KAW colour}} }}

Notes

External links

[http://www.conwyvalleyrailway.co.uk/ Conwy Valley Railway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230061728/http://www.conwyvalleyrailway.co.uk/ |date=30 December 2005 }}
[http://wikimapia.org/24841432/Dolwyddelan-Railway-Station Dolwyddelan Railway Station on Wikimapia]

Category:Dolwyddelan

Category:Railway stations in Conwy County Borough

Category:DfT Category F2 stations

Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879

Category:Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail

Category:Railway request stops in Great Britain