Llanfairfechan railway station

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Llanfairfechan
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General information
Location Llanfairfechan, Conwy
Wales
Coordinates 53°15′25″N3°58′59″W / 53.257°N 3.983°W / 53.257; -3.983
Grid reference SH677751
Managed by Transport for Wales Rail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLLF
Classification DfT category F1
History
Opened1 May 1860
Passengers
2020/21Decrease2.svg 5,592

Llanfairfechan is served by Transport for Wales services only.

As of the December 2023 timetable change, there are 11 trains per weekday to Holyhead, and service frequency varies between being 1 train per hour (tph), 1 train per 2 hours, and 1 train per 3 hours. On Saturdays there are 10 trains per day to Holyhead and on Sundays there are 8 trains per day. [4]

There is typically a two-hourly service starting at Holyhead which runs to Birmingham International via Chester and Shrewsbury.

Other Chester-bound services usually run to Cardiff Central, Crewe, Manchester Airport or terminate at Shrewsbury.

Through services to Chester run via Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Prestatyn and Flint. [5]

There is also a limited Sunday service, which mainly runs to/from Crewe in the mid-afternoon to evenings.

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References

  1. 1 2 Disused Stations - Llanfairfechan Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 30 May 2017
  2. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. pp. 41 & 50. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
  3. Llanfairfechan station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  4. "Wales and UK train timetables". Transport for Wales.
  5. Table 81 National Rail timetable, May 2019

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