Roman Bridge Railway Station

Roman Bridge railway station is a request stop passenger station in the Lledr Valley, Wales, on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, which is operated by Arriva Trains Wales. It is sited 5mi north of Blaenau Ffestiniog and is the last station in the Lledr valley before the 2. 2mi long Ffestiniog tunnel is reached. Opened in 1879, 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, after previous use as a holiday cottage. There is no village, and the station, which is useful to walkers and takes its name from a nearby ancient bridge over the River Lledr, is on a minor road from the A470 road leading to scattered hill farms at Blaenau Dolwyddelan. It is unstaffed, but has had digital CIS screens fitted like the other halts on the line. It also has a standard waiting shelter, pay phone and timetable poster board for train running information provision. The station nameboards incorrectly display the Welsh station name as Pont Rufenig instead of Pont Rufeinig. 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 to Tomen y Mur, at Trawsfynydd, and a crossing at this point would seem feasible.

Roman Bridge railway station is a request stop passenger station in the Lledr Valley, Wales, on the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, which is operated by Arriva Trains Wales. It is sited 5mi north of Blaenau Ffestiniog and is the last station in the Lledr valley before the 2. 2mi long Ffestiniog tunnel is reached. Opened in 1879, 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, after previous use as a holiday cottage. There is no village, and the station, which is useful to walkers and takes its name from a nearby ancient bridge over the River Lledr, is on a minor road from the A470 road leading to scattered hill farms at Blaenau Dolwyddelan. It is unstaffed, but has had digital CIS screens fitted like the other halts on the line. It also has a standard waiting shelter, pay phone and timetable poster board for train running information provision. The station nameboards incorrectly display the Welsh station name as Pont Rufenig instead of Pont Rufeinig. 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 to Tomen y Mur, at Trawsfynydd, and a crossing at this point would seem feasible.