Pont-y-Pant
General information
Location	Lledr Valley,Conwy Wales
Coordinates	53°03′54″N3°51′47″W / 53.065°N 3.863°W /53.065; -3.863
Grid reference	SH752536
Managed by	Transport for Wales Rail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	PYP
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Key dates
22 July 1879	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	498
2020/21	38
2021/22	574
2022/23	776
2023/24	814
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Pont-y-Pant railway station is a single platform passenger station in theLledr Valley, Wales, on theConwy Valley line fromLlandudno Junction toBlaenau Ffestiniog, which is operated byTransport for Wales Rail. The station house is well maintained and used as a private dwelling.

The station was opened on 22 July 1879 when theLondon and North Western Railway opened an extension of the Conwy Valley line fromBetws-y-Coed toBlaenau Ffestiniog.^[1]

The station was the loading point for slate from theRhiw-goch quarry on the opposite side of the valley. The slate was brought across the river by carts which crossed a substantially built bridge.^[2] The bridge is not shown on the 1888 OS Six-inch map^[3] but it is on the 1901 edition. Both maps show sidings to the north of the station on the eastern side of the line.^[4]

The station was host to aLMScaravan from 1934 to 1936, followed by two caravans from 1937 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by theLondon Midland Region in 1954.^[5]

The station, which is operated as an unstaffed halt and as arequest stop, is across theRiver Lledr from theA470 main road and the bridge is a quarter of a mile to the north of the station.

There is no local village but the station serves a number of nearby isolated properties, and is also useful to walkers, owing to its proximity to a surviving section of theSarn Helen Roman road.

Five southbound and six northbound trains call on request Mondays to Saturdays (approximately every three hours), with four trains each way on Sundays.^[6]

From 16 March 2019 however, the service was suspended and replaced by buses due to major flood damage in the Llanrwst area caused byStorm Gareth. The line remained closed for several months whilst repairs were carried out.^[7] Services resumed on 24 July 2019. Further storm damage to the north (this time fromStorm Ciara) in February 2020 once again saw services suspended, with buses replacing trains from here until the line reopened again on 28 September 2020.^[8]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Betws-y-Coed		Transport for Wales Rail Conwy Valley Line		Dolwyddelan

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010).Bala to Llandudno. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 76-78.ISBN 9781906008871.OCLC 668198724.

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