Deganwy railway station

Deganwy railway station serves the small 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.

Deganwy
Deganwy signal box and station
Location
Place	Deganwy
Local authority	Conwy
Coordinates	53.295°N 3.833°W / 53.295; -3.833
Grid reference	SH779790
Operations
Station code	DGY
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	10,874
2015/16	11,062
2016/17	9,854
2017/18	10,940
2018/19	12,830
History
1866	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Deganwy from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

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

The station buildings have been demolished and replaced by small shelters but arriving passengers must still cross the line by the original footbridge. 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

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

There are four 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 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]

Trains at Deganwy stop at request only.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Llandudno		Transport for Wales Conwy Valley Line North Wales Coast Line		Llandudno Junction

Notes

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

Further reading

• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

Media related to Deganwy railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Deganwy railway station from National Rail