Dolgarrog railway station

Dolgarrog
Dolgarrog station platform
Location
Place	Dolgarrog
Local authority	Conwy
Grid reference	SH782670
Operations
Station code	DLG
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	1,494
2004/05	992
2005/06	1,424
2006/07	1,106
2007/08	840
2008/09	664
2009/10	382
2010/11	472
2011/12	612
2012/13	508
2013/14	828
2014/15	1,506
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dolgarrog from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dolgarrog railway station is an unstaffed halt, and a request stop, on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog.

The station is located on the east bank of the River Conwy just across the A470 road from Plas Maenan, which was the home of Henry Jack, the Managing Director of the Aluminium Corporation from 1916 to 1927, together with its associated enterprises including the Ffestiniog Railway and the Welsh Highland Railway. Plas Maenan is now a small country house hotel and restaurant with views across the valley.

History

The station was built by the LNWR in 1916 to provide sidings and an interchange facility with a short standard gauge industrial line, built by the Aluminium Corporation to serve Dolgarrog village and the aluminium works that are about a mile from the station on the west bank of the river. The aluminium works closed in 2002, and is now the site of Surf Snowdonia, an inland surfing lagoon.

The industrial line crossed the river by a substantial girder bridge (still used as a footbridge, which is the only way to reach the station from the village of Dolgarrog). It was initially equipped with two locomotives, ten 12 ton wagons, and two passenger carriages. Morning and evening passenger services were free and operated from 1917 to 1932. Goods traffic, which was heavy during the war, continued but declined in the 1950s. The line closed in 1960 and was lifted in 1964.

Plas Maenan Hotel

The station was closed on 2 November 1964 but was reopened on 14 June 1965.^[1]

Services

Five southbound and six northbound trains call on request Mon-Sat (approximately every three hours), with three trains each way on Sundays between May and early September.

References

↑ Daniels, Gerald; Dench, L.A. (May 1973) [1964]. Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 44. ISBN 0-7110-0438-2. OCLC 2554248. 1513 CEC 573.

Dolgarrog, an Industrial History, Eric Jones and David Gwyn, Gwynedd Archives, 1989 ISBN 0-901337-50-1

External links

Train times and station information for Dolgarrog railway station from National Rail
Conwy Valley Railway
Dolgarrog Railway Society

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Tal-y-Cafn		Arriva Trains Wales Conwy Valley Line		North Llanrwst

Coordinates: 53°11′10″N 3°49′23″W / 53.186°N 3.823°W / 53.186; -3.823

Conwy Valley

Towns	Llanrwst Conwy

Other Settlements	Betws-y-coed Caerhun Dolgarrog Eglwysbach Glan Conwy Henryd Llanbedr-y-cennin Llanddoged Llangelynnin Llanrhychwyn Maenan Rowen Tal-y-bont Tal-y-Cafn Trefriw Tyn-y-groes

Rivers & Streams	Afon Conwy Afon Crafnant Afon Geirionydd Afon Hiraethlyn Afon Machno Afon Lledr Afon Llugwy Afon Gallt y Gwg Nant y Goron Afon Ddu (1) Afon Porth-llwyd Afon Dulyn Afon Ddu (2) Afon Garreg-wen Ffrwd Cerriguniawn Afon Melynllyn Afon Roe Afon Tafolog Afon Gyffin

Lakes	Llyn Crafnant Llyn Elsi Llyn Geirionydd Llyn y Parc

Waterfalls	Conwy Falls Grey Mare's Tail Fairy Falls

Hills & Mountains	Mynydd y Dref Tal y Fan Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen Cefn Cyfarwydd Mynydd Hiraethog

Castles & Forts	Canovium Conwy Castle Gwydir Castle Pen y Gaer

Bridges	Conwy Suspension Bridge Pont Fawr (Llanrwst) Tal-y-Cafn Bridge Waterloo Bridge (Betws-y-coed)

Other Features	Bodnant Garden Conwy RSPB reserve Gwydir Forest Klondyke mill Moel Maelogan Snowdonia National Park Surf Snowdonia

Transport	A470 B5106 Conwy Valley Line

Railway Stations	Betws-y-Coed railway station Dolgarrog railway station Glan Conwy railway station Llanrwst railway station North Llanrwst railway station Tal-y-Cafn railway station

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