General information | |||||
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Location | Betws-y-coed, Conwy Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 53°05′31″N 3°48′04″W / 53.092°N 3.801°W | ||||
Grid reference | SH795565 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales Rail | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | BYC | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | London and North Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
6 April 1868[1] | Opened as Bettws-y-Coed | ||||
8 June 1953[1] | Renamed | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 35,364 | ||||
2019/20 | 23,126 | ||||
2020/21 | 3,040 | ||||
2021/22 | 24,716 | ||||
2022/23 | 33,322 | ||||
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Betws-y-coed railway station is on the Conwy Valley Line, which runs between Llandudno and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It is situated 15+1⁄2 miles (24.9 km) south of Llandudno Junction.
The passenger train service is operated by Transport for Wales Rail and is marketed as the Conwy Valley Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Dyffryn Conwy).
The railway station is also an important bus interchange. It is used by the Snowdonia National Park Sherpa bus services to Capel Curig, Pen-y-Gwryd, Pen-y-Pass, Beddgelert, Porthmadog, Tryfan and Bethesda. Other connecting bus services operate to Penmachno, Corwen, Llangollen, Llanrwst, Trefriw, Dolgarrog, Conwy and Llandudno. The local bus timetables advertise the train services and the Gwynedd Red Rover day ticket is valid on Conwy Valley trains as well as the Sherpa and Conwy Valley bus services. There is also a coach park at the station, which is used extensively by tourist coach operators.