Scenic route
Conwy Valley Line
Llandudno → Blaenau Ffestiniog · Wales
From the pier at Llandudno up the Conwy gorge into Snowdonia’s slate mountains, meeting the Ffestiniog steam trains at Blaenau: coast to crag in an hour.
- Distance
- 44 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 5 min
- Average speed
- 41 km/h
- Top speed
- 70 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmLlandudno
- 3 kmDeganwy
- 5 kmLlandudno Junction +1
- 7 kmGlan Conwy
- 13 kmTal-y-Cafn
- 18 kmDolgarrog
- 23 kmNorth Llanrwst
- 24 kmLlanrwst
- 29 kmBetws-y-Coed
- 36 kmPont-y-Pant
- 38 kmDolwyddelan
- 41 kmRoman Bridge
- 48 kmBlaenau Ffestiniog
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 20588092: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of train 39326
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Conwy Valley Line?
The Conwy Valley Line runs 44 km from Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog.
How long does the Conwy Valley Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 5 min for the 44 km. That is an average of 41 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 70 km/h.
Who runs the Conwy Valley Line?
Transport for Wales, with TfW Class 197.
How old is the Conwy Valley Line?
The line has been in service since 1879. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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