- Colwyn Bay railway station
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Colwyn Bay 
Bae Colwyn 
Location Place Colwyn Bay Local authority Conwy (county borough) Operations Station code CWB Managed by Arriva Trains Wales Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.234 million 2005/06 * 0.241 million 2006/07 * 0.261 million 2007/08 * 0.262 million 2008/09 * 0.290 million History Opened October 1849 National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Colwyn Bay from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Colwyn Bay railway station (Welsh: Bae Colwyn) is on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line.
The current station consists of the platform faces that served the Up Slow and Up Fast lines. The platform faces to the Down Slow and Down Fast lines were taken out of service and have been obliterated as a result of the construction of the A55 [1] dual carriageway. The main station building stands on what was the island platform.
Colwyn Bay station was built by the Chester and Holyhead Railway and opened in October 1849. It is in an unusual location straddling a curved section of track. As a result the track bed is cambered so that trains come to rest at the station platform at a significant tilt. In recent years enforcement action was taken by the Environment Agency when fuel oil spilled from the over-filled tanks of a diesel engine and percolated through the track bed and flowed onto the nearby beach, polluting it.
Ticket barriers are in operation at this station, as are special blue lights in the toilets to stop people abusing intravenous drugs.
Services
Mondays to Saturdays:
- Arriva Trains Wales operates an alternate hourly service between Holyhead and Birmingham International or Cardiff Central via Shrewsbury. A few early morning/late evening trains start/finish at Crewe rather than Birmingham or Cardiff.
- Arriva Trains Wales also operates an hourly stopping service between Llandudno and Manchester Piccadilly. All of these services call at Abergele & Pensarn and Shotton.
- Virgin Trains operates a number of services from Holyhead and Bangor to London Euston (seven each way Mon-Fri, five on Saturdays and three on Sundays).
On Sundays there is an hourly service each way, westbound to Holyhead and eastbound to Crewe plus the aforementioned three through trains to London.
References
External links
- Train times and station information for Colwyn Bay railway station from National Rail
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Abergele and Pensarn Arriva Trains Wales
North Wales Coast LineLlandudno Junction Rhyl Virgin Trains
North Wales Coast LineLlandudno Junction Categories:- Railway stations in Conwy county borough
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1849
- Railway stations served by Arriva Trains Wales
- Railway stations served by Virgin Trains
- DfT Category D stations
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