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Deganwy railway station

Coordinates: 53°17′42″N 3°49′59″W / 53.295°N 3.833°W / 53.295; -3.833
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Deganwy
National Rail
Deganwy station from the footbridge pictured in August 2024
General information
LocationDeganwy, Conwy
Wales
Coordinates53°17′42″N 3°49′59″W / 53.295°N 3.833°W / 53.295; -3.833
Grid referenceSH779790
Managed byTransport for Wales Rail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDGY
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
1866Opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 12,830
2019/20Decrease 11,076
2020/21Decrease 2,976
2021/22Increase 9,926
2022/23Increase 15,086
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Deganwy railway station serves the town of Deganwy, Wales, and is the only intermediate station located on the Llandudno branch line from Llandudno Junction (on the North Wales Coast Line from Crewe to Holyhead) to Llandudno.

History

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The station was built by the London and North Western Railway in 1866 together with adjacent wharfs on the Conwy Estuary to which it was planned to bring dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog for export by sea. These wharfs have been redeveloped in the 21st century for housing and marina facilities. The station retains its signal box and semaphore signalling.

Facilities

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Refurbished footbridge (April 2020)

The station buildings have been demolished and replaced by small shelters but arriving passengers must still cross the line by the original footbridge, which was refurbished in 2012. No ticketing facilities are provided, so passenger must buy tickets on the train or prior to travel. Train running information is offered via timetable posters and telephone. Step-free access to both platforms is available, though this requires the use of the station level crossing for Llandudno-bound passengers.[1]

Services

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There are hourly through services on weekdays to Manchester Piccadilly via Colwyn Bay, Abergele, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Flint, Shotton, Chester and Warrington

There are six trains per day running along the Conwy Valley Line calling at stations such as Llanrwst, Betws-y-coed as well as Blaenau Ffestiniog

Transport for Wales Rail also provide a regular shuttle between Llandudno, Deganwy and Llandudno Junction. Llandudno Junction serves as an interchange with good connections for services heading towards Bangor and Holyhead as well as services to Birmingham New Street, London and South Wales.

Sunday trains formerly only operated during the summer months (May timetable change until mid-September), but since the winter 2019 timetable change now run all year - these operate only as a shuttle between Llandudno & Llandudno Junction (except for three return trips over the Conwy Valley line) from 10.00am until mid-evening.[2]

As of 11 December 2022, Deganwy station is no longer a request stop with all services now booked to stop.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Llandudno   Transport for Wales Rail
(Conwy Valley line)
(Llandudno branch line)
  Llandudno Junction

Notes

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  1. ^ Deganwy station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 13 January 2017
  2. ^ Table 81 National Rail timetable, December 2019

Further reading

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  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Bala to Llandudno. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 110-113. ISBN 9781906008871. OCLC 668198724.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Rhyl to Bangor. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 58-63. ISBN 9781908174154. OCLC 859594415.
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