Llandudno Junction

Llandudno Junction

The town is a small North Wales famous for its train station and for it's location at the estuary of the Conwy river.

Llandudno Junction

Llandudno Junction (Welsh: Cyffordd Llandudno), once known as Tremarl, is a small town in the county borough of Conwy, Wales. It is part of the ancient parish of Llangystennin, and it is located south of Llandudno. It adjoins Deganwy and is to the east of the walled town of Conwy, which is on the opposite side of the River Conwy.

The town grew up around Llandudno Junction railway station, which is a junction between the Crewe-Holyhead line and the Llandudno-Blaenau Ffestiniog line. There are through trains from Manchester to Llandudno, but passengers travelling from London, Cardiff, or Holyhead to Llandudno usually have to change trains at Llandudno Junction.

Llandudno Junction, in addition to its passenger interchange, had a major steam locomotive servicing depot and extensive goods facilities. This railway depot was called 6G, and a new section of the A546 (carrying the name "Ffordd 6G Road") now crosses the site. The site of the depot and goods yard has been redeveloped, now accommodating a business park, fast food outlets, a leisure centre, a Cineworld multiplex cinema, and a Tesco supermarket.

Local employment opportunities changed significantly in the latter quarter of the 20th century owing to the loss not only of the railway depots but also of a major electrical manufacturing facility (Hotpoint), which factory site has been redeveloped as a housing estate.

Another part of the factory site has been bought by the Welsh Assembly Government and construction is due to begin in 2007 on a new office building that will house around 525 employees, including about 100 tourism, transport and enterprise jobs which will be relocated to the site from Cardiff.

The Station Hotel (now a Beefeater hotel & restaurant/pub) stands opposite the railway station. It is known locally as 'The Killer', as this is where the railway workers would spend their lunch breaks, i.e. 'killed time'.

There are two primary schools in Llandudno Junction, Ysgol Maelgwn and Ysgol Nant-y-Coed (ysgol is the Welsh word for school).

The town is home to a 9 screen multiplex Cineworld cinema, Llandudno Junction Leisure Centre, a Tesco supermarket, and a McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut restaurant.

Llandudno Junction Football Club enjoys good support from the locals. The town was previously home to Welsh Cup winners Borough United F.C..

Llandudno Junction railway station (Welsh: Cyffordd Llandudno) is on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line. The station is managed by Arriva Trains Wales, although Virgin Trains also serves it. There are frequent services to Chester via Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Prestatyn and Flint, as well as to Bangor and across Anglesey to Holyhead. There are also direct services to London Euston, Cardiff Central, Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly.

The original station (located to the west of the current station) was built in 1858 and served the branch line to Llandudno. Built by the St. George's Harbour and Railway Company in 1858, this branch line heads north through Deganwy before terminating in the town. Prior to the completion of the junction station, the branch line trains from Llandudno ran through to Conwy.

This was followed by the opening of a second branch line in 1863 - the Conwy Valley Line - which headed south and was built by the Conway and Llanrwst Railway, and became part of the LNWR in 1867. It follows the valley of the River Conwy to Llanrwst (where it originally terminated) and Betws-y-Coed (later the terminus), then follows the Lledr Valley and a two mile long tunnel to terminate at Blaenau Ffestiniog, where passengers can join the Ffestiniog Railway.

Initially the Conwy Valley line ran into a separate platform on the south side of the station, and a refreshment room was built in 1864. However, the station needed to enlarge in order to cope with both mainline and branch-line traffic, and in 1897 the present station was opened on a much larger site, offering six through lines with two bays at each end. The opening of the new station allowed for the demolition of the former station, but also entailed a diverting of the Conwy Valley branch, which now joined the mainline some half a mile further east. The old formation was used to store locomotives. In 1984 the branch was again moved slightly eastwards to allow for a new freight terminal.

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