Conwy Valley Line to reopen this month as 2.2m investment helps protect it from extreme weather and flooding [Network Rail]





Date: 21/09/2020

The Conwy Valley Line, which runs from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Llandudno in north Wales, will reopen on 28 September after Network Rail^s £2.2m investment to better protect the railway from extreme weather and flooding has been completed.


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Conwy Valley Line to reopen this month as £2.2m investment helps protect it from extreme weather and flooding

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The Conwy Valley Line, which runs from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Llandudno in north Wales, will reopen on 28 September after Network Rails £2.2m investment to better protect the railway from extreme weather and flooding has been completed.

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Blaenau Ffestiniog station. View through the canopy supports with the TFW standard gauge lines on the far right by the higher platform and the narrow gauge lines either side the lower platform. Photo taken prior to a trip on the steam railway 29th August 2019.
Location: Blaenau Ffestiniog
Company: Festiniog and Blaenau Railway
29/08/2019 David Nixon
Little and Large at Blaenau Ffestiniog on 28 September 2013, with an Arriva DVT standing alongside 0-4-0ST quarry tank Hugh Napier [Hunslet 855 of 1904].
Location: Blaenau Ffestiniog
Company: Bala and Festiniog Railway
28/09/2013 Ian Dinmore
Arriva Wales 150264 on the 17.01 service to Blaenau Ffestiniog at Betws-y-Coed on 12 June. The narrow gauge tracks of the Conwy Valley Railway Museum run alongside the station on the right.
Location: Betws-y-Coed
Company: Bettws-y-Coed Branch (London and North Western Railway)
12/06/2009 David Pesterfield


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