Roman Bridge railway station () is a

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passenger station in the Lledr Valley,

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, on the Conwy Valley Line from

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, which is operated by

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. It is sited north of Blaenau Ffestiniog and is the last station in the Lledr valley before the 2.2-mi-long (3.5-km) Ffestiniog tunnel is reached. The station is unstaffed and does not serve a village. It is named after a nearby ancient bridge over the River Lledr, that carries a minor highway from the

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to scattered hill farms at Blaenau Dolwyddelan.

History

The station was opened on 22 July 1879 when the

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opened an extension of the Conwy Valley line from to . Early Baedeker guide books to Great Britain state that there is no explanation for the name, though the Roman road Sarn Helen is known to have passed down the valley on its way from Canovium (in the Conwy Valley) to Tomen y Mur, at

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making a crossing at this point feasible. The station was host to two LMS caravans from 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the London Midland Region from 1954 to 1956. The station building still stands and is well maintained as a residence - it was offered for sale in 2013 for £450,000 as a private home (with 10 acres of land), after previous use as a holiday cottage.

Facilities

The unstaffed station has digital CIS screens. There is a waiting shelter, pay phone and timetable poster board for train running information provision.Roman Bridge station facilities
''National Rail Enquiries''

Services

Five southbound and six northbound trains call on request Mondays to Saturdays (approximately every three hours), with three trains each way on Sundays between May and early September. Services were temporarily suspended in February 2020 and replaced by road transport due to flooding of the line north of Llanrwst caused by

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. Following completion of the work to repair the storm damage, services at the station were reinstated on 28 September 2020.

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Conwy Valley Railway
{{Conwy County Borough railway stations Dolwyddelan Railway stations in Conwy County Borough DfT Category F2 stations Railway request stops in Great Britain Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail

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