Penmaenmawr railway station
Penmaenmawr Conwy Wales | |
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Coordinates | 53°16′12″N 3°55′26″W / 53.270°N 3.924°W |
Grid reference | SH718765 |
Managed by | Transport for Wales Rail |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | PMW |
Classification | DfT category F1 |
History | |
Opened | 1849 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 12,556 |
2019/20 | 11,418 |
2020/21 | 3,228 |
2021/22 | 11,196 |
2022/23 | 14,832 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Feature | Penmaenmawr Railway Station |
Designated | 3 November 1995 |
Reference no. | 16520[1] |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Penmaenmawr railway station serves the town of
, 49+1⁄4 miles (79.3 km) west of Chester.History
The local granite quarries are a major source of stone aggregate railway traffic, especially for road building and railway maintenance purposes. Transfer sidings for this traffic are next to the station and are controlled from the station
There was an earlier accident near Penmaenmawr on 12 January 1899 when an express freight train, hauled by LNWR DX Goods class 0-6-0 No. 1418, was derailed because a storm had washed away the trackbed. Both locomotive crew were killed.[4]
Facilities
The station is unstaffed, though it has kept its original Grade II listed buildings on the westbound platform; these are now used as private residential accommodation.[5] There is no ticket machine, so all tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train. There is a waiting shelter on the eastbound platform, whilst canopies provide a covered waiting area on the opposite side. Train running information is offered via telephone, digital CIS displays and timetable posters. No level access is available to either platform, as the approach ramps on both sides are steeply graded and the footbridge linking the platforms has steps.[6]
Services
Penmaenmawr is served only by Transport for Wales Rail services.
On weekdays, westbound trains run to Holyhead, while eastbound services run via Chester and Shrewsbury to Birmingham International or Cardiff Central. The first eastbound service instead runs to Manchester Airport, while two evening services terminate at Crewe.[7][8]
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 Manchester Piccadilly, the second Cardiff Central, with a five hour gap before the remaining 4 services run to Crewe.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Transport for Wales |
Notes
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Penmaenmawr Train Crash 1950 Gathering the Jewels; Retrieved 2009-03-20
- ^ Penmaenmawr Signal Box www.signalbox.org; Retrieved 2009-03-20
- ISBN 0-906899-03-6.
- ^ Hughes, Owen (3 April 2017). "Fancy living in your very own train station?". North Wales Live. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Penmaenmawr station facilities National Rail Enquiries
- ^ "Train times | Holyhead - Cardiff Central | 10 December 2023 - 01 June 2024" (PDF). Transport for Wales. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "National Rail Timetable 077 | Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Birmingham and Crewe to Chester, Llandudno, Bangor, Holyhead and Dublin.pdf" (PDF). Network Rail.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Rhyl to Bangor. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 81-89. OCLC 859594415.
External links
Media related to Penmaenmawr railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Train times and station information for Penmaenmawr railway station from National Rail