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Glan Conwy railway station

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Five southbound and six northbound trains call on request Mon-Sat (approximately every three hours), with four trains each way on Sundays. As of March 2019 however, services from here were suspended due to major infrastructure damage to the track and formation caused by
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station master. The staff comprised two porters working an early and late shift between them. A siding was provided which catered for coal and agricultural traffic. From 1954 to 1964 a
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The station buildings are in private occupation. The station is operated as an unstaffed halt and is a
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Until around 1959, the station had its own Station Master. Afterwards, it was supervised by the
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The station was closed to passenger traffic on 26 October 1964, during the
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era, but reopened on 4 May 1970. On 12 May 1980 it was renamed
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Flood damaged Conwy Valley line could be closed for months
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was situated in the siding and used by holidaymakers.
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news article 25 March 2019; Retrieved 26 March 2019
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Index

National Rail

Glan Conwy
Conwy
53°16′01″N 3°47′53″W / 53.267°N 3.798°W / 53.267; -3.798
Grid reference
SH802761
Transport for Wales Rail
DfT category
Conway and Llanrwst Railway
London and North Western Railway
London Midland and Scottish Railway
Office of Rail and Road
River Conwy
A470 road
Llansanffraid Glan Conwy
Llandudno Junction
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Conwy Valley Line
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Llandudno
Conway and Llanrwst Railway
Tal-y-Cafn
camping coach
Beeching
request stop
Storm Gareth
Llanrwst
Storm Ciara
National Rail

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