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.jpg) Roman Bridge station in October 2019. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Lledr Valley,Conwy Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°02′39″N3°55′17″W / 53.0443°N 3.9214°W /53.0443; -3.9214 | ||||
| Grid reference | SH712514 | ||||
| Managed by | Transport for Wales Rail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | RMB | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 2020/21 |  64 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  472 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 450 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 680 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 612 | ||||
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Roman Bridge railway station (Welsh:Pont Rufeinig) is arequest stop passenger station in theLledr Valley,Wales, on theConwy Valley Line fromLlandudno Junction toBlaenau Ffestiniog, which is operated byTransport for Wales Rail.
It is sited 5 miles (8.0 km) 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 theRiver Lledr, that carries a minor highway from theA470 road to scattered hill farms at Blaenau Dolwyddelan.
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] EarlyBaedeker guide books to Great Britain state that there is no explanation for the name, though the Roman roadSarn Helen is known to have passed down the valley on its way fromCanovium (in theConwy Valley) toTomen y Mur, atTrawsfynydd making a crossing at this point feasible.
The station was host to twoLMScaravans from 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by theLondon Midland Region from 1954 to 1956.[2]
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.[3]
The unstaffed station has digital CIS screens. There is a waiting shelter, pay phone and timetable poster board for train running information provision.[4]
For the year April 2023 to March 2024, it was the least used station in Wales, with 680 entries and exits.[5]
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.[6]
Services were temporarily suspended in February 2020 and replaced by road transport due to flooding of the line north of Llanrwst caused byStorm Ciara. Following completion of the work to repair the storm damage, services at the station were reinstated on 28 September 2020.[7]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Transport for Wales | ||||
