Llandudno railway station

Llandudno
175112 awaiting departure at platform 2
Location
Place	Llandudno
Local authority	Conwy
Operations
Station code	LLD
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	3
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.235 million
2005/06 *	0.237 million
2006/07 *	0.239 million
2007/08 *	0.266 million
2008/09 *	0.267 million
2009/10 *	0.287 million
History
Opened October 1858 (October 1858)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llandudno from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Llandudno railway station serves the town of Llandudno and is the terminus of a branch line from Llandudno Junction on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line. It is managed by Arriva Trains Wales.

The first station and the branch line was built by the St. George's Harbour and Railway Company and opened on 1 October 1858. The trains at first ran to and from Conwy station until the completion of Llandudno Junction station. The line was soon absorbed by the London and North Western Railway, which in turn became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. Vaughan Street in Llandudno was also laid out in 1858 as the station approach road.

As the first station had become inadequate to cope with increasing usage, the present Llandudno station buildings and frontage together with five platforms and an extensive glass roof were erected in 1892 and the station still has the Victorian carriage road between the two principal platforms. Platforms 4 & 5 have been disused since 1978 and the tracks have now officially been declared out of use. The southernmost half of the glass roof was removed some decades ago, and the remainder was substantially cut back again in 1990. Half of the station frontage (including the former waiting and refreshment rooms) has been disused for years and was demolished in May 2009.

In recent years, plans were unveiled for the transformation of the station into a Transport Interchange, which would involve the demolition of the disused part of the frontage and the introduction of new passenger facilities - following the resolving of funding issues, demolition is now underway (May 2009). The work includes a 130 space car park, a glazed concourse, a bus interchange, new taxi rank, and a shop/cafe. There will also be a new entrance and improvements to the platforms.

Services

• Arriva Trains Wales provides an hourly service to Manchester Piccadilly via Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Flint, Chester and Warrington. The last evening service on this route runs to Crewe rather than Manchester.

• Arriva Trains Wales also operates an hourly shuttle to Llandudno Junction which connects with services to Bangor & Holyhead and also for Birmingham/Cardiff.

• Arriva Trains Wales provides six trains per day down the Conwy Valley Line serving Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed and Blaenau Ffestiniog

• On summer Sundays (April to September in the current timetable) Arriva Trains Wales operate a (roughly) half-hourly shuttle service to Llandudno Junction until early evening. In addition, two trains a day run down the Conwy Valley Line to Blaenau Ffestiniog.

• Virgin Trains used to run a direct service to London Euston, but this service was discontinued.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Deganwy		Arriva Trains Wales Conwy Valley Line		Terminus
		Arriva Trains Wales North Wales Coast Line

External links

• Train times and station information for Llandudno railway station from National Rail
• Llandudno and North Wales Train Services 1947 and 2003
• Virgin Trains restore through London to Llandudno Service