Conwy Railway Station
Conwy railway station serves the town of Conwy, Wales, and is located on the Crewe railway station, Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line. There are through services to Chester railway station, Chester via Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Prestatyn and Flint, Flintshire, Flint in one direction and to Bangor & Holyhead in the other. After arrival at Chester, most trains go forward to either Crewe railway station, Crewe, Cardiff Central railway station, Cardiff or Birmingham International railway station, Birmingham International. History The station was opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway on 1 May 1848; it was closed as part of the Beeching Axe, Beeching cuts on 14 February 1966 but reopened on 29 June 1987 as a request stop. Upon reopening, the Welsh spelling ''Conwy'' was adopted, in contrast to the Anglicised form ''Conway'' used until closure in 1966. The original station had substantial decorated mock-Tudor style buildings on both sides (being sited within the town walls), alon ...
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Conwy
Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on the east bank. The town formerly lay in Gwynedd and prior to that in Caernarfonshire. The community, which also includes Deganwy and Llandudno Junction, had a population of 14,753 at the 2011 census. Although the community of Conwy straddles the River Conwy, for postal purposes the areas on the east bank form part of the post town of Llandudno Junction, with the Conwy post town being confined to west bank of the river. The ward on the west bank of the river had a population of 4,065 at the 2011 census. The resident population of the wider Conwy County Borough was estimated to be 116,200 in an ONS-estimate. The name 'Conwy' derives from the old Welsh words ''cyn'' (chief) and ''gwy'' (water), the river being originally called the 'Cynwy ...
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