- Dolgarrog railway station
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Dolgarrog 
Location Place Dolgarrog Local authority Conwy Operations Station code DLG Managed by Arriva Trains Wales Number of platforms 1 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 992 2005/06 * 
1,4242006/07 * 
1,1062007/08 * 8402008/09 * 6642009/10 * 382National 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 Dolgarrog from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Dolgarrog railway station is an unstaffed halt, and a request stop, on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog and is located on the east bank of the River Conwy just across the A470 road from Plas Maenan, which was the home of Henry Jack, the Managing Director of the Aluminium Corporation from 1916 to 1927, together with its associated enterprises including the Ffestiniog Railway and the Welsh Highland Railway. Plas Maenan is now a small country house hotel and restaurant with landscaped grounds and a superb view.
The station was built by the LNWR in 1916 to provide sidings and an interchange facility with a short standard gauge industrial line, built by the Aluminium Corporation to serve Dolgarrog village and the aluminium works that are about a mile from the station on the west bank of the river.
The industrial line crossed the river by a substantial girder bridge (still used as a footbridge, which is the only way to reach the station from the village of Dolgarrog). It was initially equipped with two locomotives ten 12 ton wagons, and two passenger carriages. Morning and evening passenger services were free and operated from 1917 to 1932. Goods traffic, which was heavy during the war, continued but declined in the 1950s. The line closed in 1960 and was lifted in 1964.
Plas Maenan Hotel
References
Dolgarrog, an Industrial History, Eric Jones and David Gwyn, Gwynedd Archives, 1989 ISBN 0-901337-50-1
External links
- Train times and station information for Dolgarrog railway station from National Rail
- Conwy Valley Railway
- Dolgarrog Railway Society
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Arriva Trains Wales Coordinates: 53°11′10″N 3°49′23″W / 53.186°N 3.823°W
Towns Other Settlements Betws-y-coed • Caerhun • Dolgarrog • Eglwysbach • Glan Conwy • Henryd • Llanbedr-y-cennin • Llanddoged • Llangelynnin • Llanrhychwyn • Maenan • Rowen • Tal-y-bont • Tal-y-Cafn • Trefriw • Tyn-y-groes •
Rivers & Streams Afon Conwy • Afon Crafnant • Afon Geirionydd • Afon Hiraethlyn • Afon Machno • Afon Lledr • Afon Llugwy • Afon Gallt y Gwg • Nant y Goron • Afon Ddu (1) • Afon Porth-llwyd • Afon Dulyn • Afon Ddu (2) • Afon Garreg-wen • Ffrwd Cerriguniawn • Afon Melynllyn • Afon Roe • Afon Tafolog • Afon Gyffin •
Lakes Llyn Crafnant • Llyn Elsi • Llyn Geirionydd • Llyn y Parc •
Waterfalls Grey Mare's Tail • Fairy Falls •
Hills & Mountains Castles & Forts Canovium • Conwy Castle • Gwydir Castle • Pen y Gaer •
Other Features Bodnant Garden • Conwy RSPB reserve • Gwydir Forest • Moel Maelogan • Snowdonia National Park •
Transport A470 • B5106 • Conwy Valley Line •
Railway Stations Betws-y-Coed railway station • Dolgarrog railway station • Glan Conwy railway station • Llanrwst railway station • North Llanrwst railway station • Tal-y-Cafn railway station •
Categories:- Railway stations in Conwy county borough
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1863
- Railway stations closed in 1964
- Railway stations opened in 1965
- Railway stations served by Arriva Trains Wales
- DfT Category F2 stations
- British railway request stops
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