North Llanrwst railway station

North Llanrwst
Welsh: Gogledd Llanrwst
North Llanrwst station platforms - Class 153 Sprinter DMU leaving for Blaenau Ffestiniog
Location
Place	Llanrwst
Local authority	Conwy
Coordinates	53°08′38″N 3°48′11″W / 53.144°N 3.803°W / 53.144; -3.803Coordinates: 53°08′38″N 3°48′11″W / 53.144°N 3.803°W / 53.144; -3.803
Grid reference	SH795622
Operations
Station code	NLR
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	1,272
2012/13	1,966
2013/14	2,204
2014/15	1,962
2015/16	1,220
History
Original company	Conway and Llanrwst Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
17 June 1863	Station opened as Llanrwst
6 April 1868	Station resited
April 1884	Renamed Llanrwst and Trefriw
6 May 1974	Renamed Llanrwst
29 July 1989	Renamed Llanrwst North
?	Renamed North Llanrwst
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at North Llanrwst from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

North Llanrwst railway station (Welsh: Gogledd Llanrwst) is the only train passing station on the Conwy Valley Line between Llandudno Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. The station has had several previous names, including Llanrwst and Trefriw, Llanrwst and Llanrwst North. This station is also a request stop.

The station and its goods yard were opened on 17 June 1863 as the Llanrwst terminus of the Conway and Llanrwst Railway that was taken over by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1867 and extended to Betws-y-Coed in 1869. To accommodate the southward extension, the station was resited on 6 April 1868. This station was renamed Llanrwst and Trefriw in April 1884, reverting to its original name Llanrwst during the British Railways era, on 6 May 1974. The station buildings are largely intact, though mostly disused, and there is a working signal box north of the station at which trains must stop to exchange tokens. The platforms heights are low and wooden boarding steps are provided on both platforms. The extensive station yard is now used for light industry.

The village of Trefriw (noted for its spa, first used by the Romans), is still served by the station by way of the Gower suspension footbridge over the River Conwy, a rural walk of about one mile.

Llanrwst has a second railway station, located more centrally in the town, and this was opened on 29 July 1989; to allow the new station to take the name Llanrwst, this station was renamed Llanrwst North on the same day; it has since been amended to North Llanrwst.