Colwyn Bay railway station

Colwyn Bay Add→{{rail-interchange}}
General information
Other names	Template:Lang-cy
Location	Conwy County Borough
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CWB
History
Opened	October 1849

Colwyn Bay railway station (Template:Lang-cy) is on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line.

History

Colwyn Bay station was opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway in October 1849; originally named Colwyn, it was renamed Colwyn Bay in 1876. The station is in an unusual location straddling a curved section of track. As a result the track bed is cambered so that trains come to rest at the station platform at a significant tilt. In recent years enforcement action was taken by the Environment Agency when fuel oil spilled from the over-filled tanks of a diesel engine and percolated through the track bed and flowed onto the nearby beach, polluting it.

The current station consists of the platform faces that served the Up Slow and Up Fast lines. The platform faces to the Down Slow and Down Fast lines were taken out of service and have been obliterated as a result of the construction of the A55 dual carriageway. The main station building stands on what was the island platform.

Facilities

Ticket barriers are in operation at this station, as are special blue lights in the toilets to stop people abusing intravenous drugs. The station has a footbridge and sheltered seating.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays:

• Arriva Trains Wales operates an alternate hourly service between Holyhead and Birmingham International or Cardiff Central via Wrexham General. A few early morning/late evening trains start/finish at Crewe rather than Birmingham or Cardiff.

• Arriva Trains Wales also operates an hourly stopping service between Llandudno and Manchester Piccadilly. All of these services call at Abergele & Pensarn and Shotton.

• Virgin Trains operates a number of services from Holyhead and Bangor to London Euston. Two weekday services operate between Birmingham New Street and Crewe-Bangor/Holyhead.

On Sundays there is an hourly service each way, westbound to Holyhead and eastbound to Crewe plus two through trains to London.

External links

• Train times and station information for Colwyn Bay railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Abergele and Pensarn		Arriva Trains Wales North Wales Coast Line		Llandudno Junction
Rhyl		Arriva Trains Wales North-South "Premier" service		Llandudno Junction
Rhyl		Virgin Trains WCML North Wales branch		Llandudno Junction