Penmaenmawr railway station

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Penmaenmawr railway station

Coordinates: 53°16′12″N 3°55′26″W / 53.270°N 3.924°W

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Penmaenmawr

Penmaenmawr station in January 2012

General information

Location

Penmaenmawr, Conwy
Wales

Coordinates

53°16′12″N 3°55′26″W / 53.270°N 3.924°W

Grid reference

SH718765

Managed by

Transport for Wales Rail

Platforms

Other information

Station code

PMW

Classification

DfT category F1

History

Opened

1849

Passengers

2019/20

11,418

2020/21

3,228

2021/22

11,196

2022/23

14,832

2023/24

17,068

Listed Building – Grade II

Feature

Penmaenmawr Railway Station

Designated

3 November 1995

Reference no.

16520^[1]

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Penmaenmawr railway station serves the town of Penmaenmawr, Wales, and is located on the North Wales Coast Line between Crewe and Holyhead, 49+1⁄4 miles (79.3 km) west of Chester.

History

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The local granite quarries are a major source of stone aggregate railway traffic, especially for road building and railway maintenance purposes. Transfer sidings for this traffic are next to the station and are controlled from the station signal box. This had to be relocated after a fatal accident at the station in August 1950. Six people were killed when a goods train that was shunting at the station in the early hours, hauled by the locomotive LMS Hughes Crab 2-6-0 No. 42885, was inadvertently diverted onto the main line, where it collided with the fast-moving eastbound Irish Mail express from Holyhead, which was being hauled by LMS Rebuilt Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No. 46119 Lancashire Fusilier.^[2]^[3] The poor view afforded of the sidings from the old box was cited as one of the contributory factors to the accident.

There was an earlier accident near Penmaenmawr on 12 January 1899 when an express freight train, hauled by LNWR DX Goods class 0-6-0 No. 1418, was derailed because a storm had washed away the trackbed. Both locomotive crew were killed.^[4]

Facilities

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The station is unstaffed, though it has kept its original Grade II listed buildings on the westbound platform; these are now used as private residential accommodation.^[5] There is no ticket machine, so all tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train. There is a waiting shelter on the eastbound platform, whilst canopies provide a covered waiting area on the opposite side. Train running information is offered via telephone, digital CIS displays and timetable posters. No level access is available to either platform, as the approach ramps on both sides are steeply graded and the footbridge linking the platforms has steps.^[6]

Services

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Penmaenmawr is served only by Transport for Wales Rail services.

On weekdays, westbound trains run to Holyhead, while eastbound services run via Chester and Shrewsbury to Birmingham International or Cardiff Central. The first eastbound service instead runs to Manchester Airport, while two evening services terminate at Crewe.^[7]^[8]

The Sunday service is infrequent (particularly in winter), with large gaps between trains. 9 services on a Sunday run to Holyhead, with 6 eastbound services. The first eastbound Sunday service runs to Manchester Piccadilly, the second Cardiff Central, with a five hour gap before the remaining 4 services run to Crewe.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Llanfairfechan		Transport for Wales North Wales Main Line		Conwy

Notes

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^ Cadw. "Penmaenmawr Railway Station (16520)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
^ Penmaenmawr Train Crash 1950 Gathering the Jewels; Retrieved 2009-03-20
^ Penmaenmawr Signal Box www.signalbox.org; Retrieved 2009-03-20
^ Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. pp. 15–16. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.
^ Hughes, Owen (3 April 2017). "Fancy living in your very own train station?". North Wales Live. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
^ Penmaenmawr station facilities National Rail Enquiries
^ "Train times | Holyhead - Cardiff Central | 10 December 2023 - 01 June 2024" (PDF). Transport for Wales. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ "National Rail Timetable 077 | Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Birmingham and Crewe to Chester, Llandudno, Bangor, Holyhead and Dublin.pdf" (PDF). Network Rail.

External links

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Media related to Penmaenmawr railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Train times and station information for Penmaenmawr railway station from National Rail

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