Route
The towns and villages served by the route are listed below.
- Llandudno
- Deganwy
- Llandudno Junction
- for North Wales Coast Line
- Glan Conwy
- Tal-y-Cafn
- Dolgarrog
- Llanrwst (for Trefriw)
- Betws-y-Coed
- Pont-y-Pant railway station
- Dolwyddelan
- Roman Bridge railway station
- Blaenau Ffestiniog
- for Ffestiniog Railway
The original line terminated at the North Western station (where there were extensive slate yards) to the west of Blaenau Ffestiniog town centre. However, following the closure and removal of a section of the former Great Western Railway line from Bala, a short section of new railway was built alongside the Ffestiniog Railway Company's narrow gauge line in order to connect the Conwy Valley Line with the isolated section of the GWR line, which had been retained to serve the nuclear power station at Trawsfynydd. Years later a new Blaenau Ffestiniog station was constructed in the centre of the town. Beyond the new station, the line was used only for goods traffic connected with Trawsfynydd, although occasional special passenger trains have been run at times. In recent years, the traffic from Trawsfynydd has ceased completely and the line has been disconnected from the Conwy Valley Line just outside Blaenau Ffestiniog station.
There are connections at Llandudno Junction with the North Wales Coast Line (the main line between London and Holyhead) and at Blaenau Ffestiniog with the Ffestiniog Railway to Porthmadog.
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