Bangor (Gwynedd) railway station
Bangor 
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| Location | |
| Place | Bangor |
| Local authority | Gwynedd |
| Grid reference | SH575716 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BNG |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.676 million |
| – Interchange |
1,487 |
| 2012/13 |
0.680 million |
| – Interchange |
2,471 |
| 2013/14 |
 0.663 million |
| – Interchange |
2,748 |
| 2014/15 |
0.671 million |
| – Interchange |
1,511 |
| 2015/16 |
0.674 million |
| – Interchange |
1,291 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 May 1848 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bangor from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bangor railway station is a railway station in Bangor, Gwynedd, operated by Arriva Trains Wales. The station, which is 24 3⁄4 miles (40 km) east of Holyhead, is the last mainland station on the North Wales Coast line between Crewe and Holyhead. It is the busiest in terms of passenger numbers in North Wales, as it serves the community around Caernarfon and further west, it is close to the Snowdonia National Park and Bangor University, and has an interchange with bus services to the various towns and villages of northern/western Gwynedd and Anglesey.
The station, which cost £6,960 to build (about £21million in 2015), was opened on 1 May 1848 by the Chester and Holyhead Railway. Lying between Bangor Tunnel to the east of the station, and Belmont Tunnel to the west, the station was progressively expanded into a junction station as a number of branch lines were opened:
The station was renamed twice under British Railways: originally Bangor, it became Bangor (Caerns); then Bangor (Gwynedd). In some timetables it was shown as Bangor for Beaumaris.
The present building on platform 1 was the main building, with a forecourt on the site of the present car park. Between 1924 and 1927 an additional loop line and platform were constructed on the site of the forecourt with a new frontage facing Deiniol Road, which is still in use as the station booking office. Ultimately there were four platforms and a small bay platform to serve the main line and branch lines.
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