Roman Bridge / North Llanrwst Request Stops
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- In the north Wales lies the Conwy Valley line between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Llandudno, and with 8 out the 13 stops on the line being request stops it should be easy to go and knock a couple of them out, right?
Download the Request stop map here: geofftech.co.u...
Storm damage closes line for three months: www.dailypost....
To confirm - is IS just the one train that shuttles up and down all day, sometimes with only less than 5 minutes turnaround, sometimes longer. The crossover at North Lllanrwst may possibly be used by freight trains coming to/from where the lines goes further at Blaenau Ffestiniog (i think it's a nuclear power station, isn't it?)
How did you get a hire car?
Yes its Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station tho has been disused for years. I live around Aberystwyth area and we are having Cloud/Sun so surprised they have snow like that up there
ua-cam.com/video/afvGStYT9xI/v-deo.html old BTP movie about the transport of a transformer being transported on line you where traveling on
The nuclear power station in is abandoned and the railway (which is still there) has been lest untouched for years. But reacently volenteers are cleaning up the track to make a new heritage railway route
@@gh1851 My guess is that he went into the office, showed them a credit card and driver's licence, then promised to take very good care of the car and they handed him the key fob. Just a guess, anyway...
Whenever I see a shot like the one at 5:26, I always paint a picture in my head: Geoff puts the camera there, walks away, and jogs back to get the camera.
me toooo haha
That's what happens In every shot like that
This was an excellent one, love how silent the snow makes the atmosphere
"I can't go to Dolgarrog for reasons which I will explain later" Proceeds to not explain for the entirety of the video 😂🤦
A cliffhanger, or quarryhanger given the localtion.
There literally is no station there. They are rebuilding the station after the floods earlier this year.
Geoff - thanks for this video. It was great to see a wee bit of the Conway Valley Line as I missed this out on my "End of Line" adventure earlier this year due to the wash out. I had to use the bus and because of this I did not 'really' complete the end of line challenge by train. I was over for a family wedding from New Zealand and took myself off for my adventure of going to the end of each line on all the Welsh train lines and doing 15 Welsh heritage steam journey's. I managed to complete the loop by using the Welsh Highland Railway as a form of rail seeing as the 1960's Beeching cuts kinda destroys traveling all the way around by modern rail. It was an amazing two weeks of fun with some seriously close train connections, early starts and late arrivals. Thank goodness for my spreadsheet!
My family and I absolutely love your videos! Also, thank you for always saying what day it is.
Thank you for that last shot. Wales is so beautiful! My wife and I were there in '94. We visited Conwy Castle and later spent a day in Cardiff.
Many years ago I did work in Wales and my hotel was in Llandudno. It was a joy hearing you pronounce it.
That pay phone is gonna break with all the calls from us!
I can't call it. It just hangs up on me
Tried calling
Currently an engaged signal.
@@lucatrifan2797 That will be the annoyed person waiting on the station fed up with it ringing.
I tried calling now and it says it's busy
Beautifull region, I notice there was snow in Roman Bridge but none of that at Llanrwst. When I stayed at Llanrwst some years ago for two weeks I arrived in a heatwave, which was very weird over there as it was only the middle of may. Then we obviously had some rain a few days, and I left in the show. It was all seasons in just a few days, loved it.
Couldn’t help but envision a Welsh sausage in the German style called “llanwurst”
Are you American? The word is envisage...
@@llwyde1104 "Envision" ~ VERB
:
imagine as a future possibility; visualize.
You may notice that the O.P.'s comment has 21 likes; your snippy little *wrong* remark does not ~ karma?
I just don't like American-creep...as it were. Believe me 20 years ago envision was rarely heard in the UK. Honestly if you knew me I'm a regular guy...but enough about my toilet habits. Hwyl!
@@llwyde1104 Yeah, but this comment section isn't exclusively from the UK - as much as it sometimes pains me, I've adopted a more American English writing - due to mere exposure - and I'm from Germany. In general, I think it's a bit harsh to correct it, unless you know what the intent of the author is.
@@Fs3i Yes, but envision is only used for things which are to be striven for to come about: e.g. ideals, and I don't think Welsh sausages in a German style could possibly be described as ideal!
What a job to have. Trundling up and down a line all day at 30mph surrounded by that scenery. Dream job!
Ah, Roman Bridge. That was my first and only experience of a request stop. I spent a few days in Llanrwst three years ago and I walked up that mountain you showed which is called Moel Siabod and ended up getting the train back from Roman Bridge. It's a beautiful part of Wales and I hope to go back one day.
Thank you Mr Marshall, another good video from you. That line is surely the most unlucky line in GB what with flooding, tunnel collapses and all!
Weird as normally a cancelled train is shown as cancelled on displays until after they were for to leave! Particularly annoying if like you were on the station and no hello point.
Hi geoff,
Me and my family once visited this particular little station (Roman Bridge) for a week many years ago, as the old station building behind you once use to be a holiday cottage.
We even saw a passenger get off and had to help the young man get in touch with his friend picking him up as there was no phone signal. Only a pay phone in the cottage.
When Nick put his arm out to stop the train, it looked like he was doing an impression of a semaphore "stop" signal 😆
Love the sound of snow under your feet!
It looks beautiful there. Like painfully beautiful. I love Wales. Only been to south Wales. I would like to spend some time up north. Cardiff is such a mellow city and even though it has its problems it still has a lot going for it
Snowdonia is just a magical part of Wales.. im a very jealous Englishmen for sure..
I was so surprised when he pronounced Llanrwst correctly but then it fell apart with Llandudno and Dolgarrog 😂
He didn't have enough saliva in his mouth to pronounce Llandudno and Dolgarrog correctly lol ;)
As a welsh man is great to see an English man have a go at the welsh names and fair play not bad
Nice video Geoff
deanj6969 was just coming to say the same.
Enjoyed the vid. Reminded me of a time I was traveling in London years ago. I sat at an overground station for about an hour and nothing arrived then a train sailed straight through. No idea when or where. It was Harrow way and we'd just been given our first mobile phone - A BT Pearl.
Berlin, 18th November 2019: 8°Celsius
Wales, xxth November 2019: Cold and snow
*I want snow too!*
Moscow, 18th Nov 2019: +13 and low fog. Any transport is a turkish bath, because heating is set for winter, and everyone wears thick insulation coats.
What happened to those fatal blizzards we used to have?
Zombie Napoleon would see this as an opportunity
@@jayswarrow1196 you will get them in May as always...
I remember from when i was a teenager stopping at Betsy-C-Wed(sic) for a night at a B&B with my family back in '76 on my first overseas holiday. A truly gorgeous area.
I have been on this line. I visited the Slate Quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog, and had to get back to Conwy to collect my things before going to the Mountain Training Center. So that was met, running all the way from the quarry to the platform, to catch the train I just had to catch, to find its doors closed. But they let me on. Thank you Wales.
These request stop station videos are great. Thanks Geoff.
Went on a pacer today, love it when I see it coming over the horizon
No Pacers on the Conwy Valley, but it may soon get the ex- LUL D Stock (Class 230) trains....
Fantastic film Geoff. Love the snow scene, Wales looks great
Oh Geoff! You could have popped over for a coffee. I have a house 10 mins walk away across the river.
You occasionally see some freight workings on the line and I have even seen the Network Rail class 43 flying banana a few times. We get a railtour most years, too.
Class 43? That's the HST.
Phonecard! Wow! Nice semaphore signal - if I remember correctly there are a few line still about with them in Wales. I bagged the signal and box at Deganwy & Llandudno. Love the old benches too.
Lllanrwst North is the original Victorian station but the other Llanrwst station is modern. British Rail built it 1989 for that year's Eisteddfod. The Eisteddfod returned to Lllanrwst in 2019 but some the events had to be cancelled because of the bad weather. Other interesting stations on the line are Betws-y-Coed which was built for the Victorian tourist trade - the platform is far longer than the modern trains. The station building has been restored and there are a cafe and some shops. There is a railway museum with a miniature railway in the old goods yard. Baenau Ffestiniog station is also modern and remarkably bleak- it is effectively a joint station with the Ffestiniog Railway.
Moel Siabod seen in the distance at the end there. Have walked past Roman Bridge many times when staying in a cottage up in the forest on the opposite side of the main road. Many years spent there with the Scouts exploring the area. If you get the chance, a cup of tea on the platform at Betwys y Coed is a must.
Welcome to Wales. Where I live in Pembrokeshire the line from Clarbeston Road to Milford Haven is currently closed for essential maintenance until 22 December 2019.
I learn a geography of Britain with Geoff's videos :)
Went on that line in 2016 as I was staying at a Caravan site next to Betws Y Coed station. Very nice with the miniature railway right next to the station.
Bonus Fact. If you have an All Wales over 60s bus pass you can travel on the Conwy Valley line for free!
Could you do the least used bus and tram station in Britain?
It'd probably be fun to do, Geoff
Also everyone is now going to call the phone at Roman bridge
Tried phoning, busy line...
I had read that the Welsh network was particularly badly hit by the Beeching cuts. Good to see these stations are here, serving communities
Thanks for the Swale mention.
Great video Geoff! I love watching your videos :)
It was nice to see folk using it shows that it's a needed services.
Hey Geoff take a visit to Gosport it's the biggest town NOT to be served by railway but it used to be and the old stations have been converted but very much visible and the old line is still here. Cheers!
Hi Geoff am from Llandudno I use the train to llanwrt offen hope come down Conwy valley lines next time
One of my all-time favourite lines sadly now seems to be flooded badly every year ..be interesting when the new vivarail trains are on it..another visit for them Geoff! #COYS
Very good job with your pronounciation of Llanrwst
It takes a brave man to not only drive over the Crimea Pass in Winter but also to rely on Vodafone mobile data in North Wales...
My father was station-master at Llanrwst (North) just after the war when it was the only station in the town. It was called Llanrwst and Trefriw. I think he lived in at the station house - he was then single and 25 or so, so before I was born and of course not around to ask him.
Regarding your diesel train being cancelled due to power supply problems, years ago, before any of the mainline out of Paddington was electrified, the trains were being delayed by a power cut down the line.
Being the clever young buck I was, I challenged a harassed customer service representative from GWR, saying, "I am not sure why these diesel trains are affected by a power cut."
She replied, in a friendly way it must be said, "The trains may be diesel, the signals aren't."
"Fair point." I replied, going back into my shell, having learnt a few valuable lessons.
In the car, hmm, how about all the petrol stations🤪
Far fewer petrol stations these days. Once upon a time many villages had one or more petrol stations, without any diesel.
What about "All the traffic lights" ?
Hammondfreak all the semaphore signals
That's the problem with Wales' rural rail system (especially on weekends), as the old Ronnie Barker joke goes "So, if you're planning on going anywhere, from anywhere, you'll just have to go via somewhere else" ;) Perhaps the F&WHR should take over Conwy Valley Line operations & convert it to narrowgauge? lol Hoping that TfW will extend the lines to interconnect with other services in the near future (North, Mid & South Wales) - some examples (especially along existing or dissused former goods lines could be: Blanau Ffestiniog-Porthmadog, with a tourist branch to the lake at Trawsfynydd: Aberdare-Cwmgratch-Neath via Hirwaun & Rhigos on the old coal lines of the Aberdare & Neath Vale lines: Nant y Moel-Tondu line: Abercynon-Trelewis-Nelson-Ystrad Mynach link line: these are just a few examples that would provide alternative provision for otherwise bad or patchy bus & taxi services elsewhere, along with alleviating the problems of road congestion (there are many more, however for me, these come to mind the most)
I really want old man Nick’s brown rain suit. Looks so utilitarian and perfect.
Just tried calling the pay phone from America at 9:30 PM EST. Still busy!
1982....Saturdays.. 6,45 a.m. train from Llandudno to Llandudno Junction to catch the 7,11 to Euston. I was 18 and had a lot of hair.
Beautiful benches on this line!
By the way, Llanrwst station opened in the 1980s, not the 1890s...
You need to get your bus friend and come over to Tenerife to do the bus routes. An excellent bus service here that even go up roads up the volcano, and the newish Tenerife super tram with 27 stops.
I still have Brampton Train Station telephone box's phone number thanks for another one Geoff 🤣👍
Finally an English man who can pronounce the names somewhat good
He was okay with llandudno, but it is as he pronounced it, but the DUD part is pronounced DID.
Request stops in Great Britain, also on buses, have confused me. Here in Germany, whenever there is someone on the platform or vaguely near the bus stop, the vehicle will stop. No need for waving
Ha! Good luck with that!
Great video! I enjoyed watching! What's shorter Llanrwst North to Llanrwst or Wrexham Central to Wrexham General?
Nice video, I wish it snowed in London, it hasn't snowed in London for a while
Same
@@FactChecker1000 I heard that when London has half inch of snow the world comes to an end.
That's just lies dont believe it
Did you film this on the 09/11/19 by any chance? I was watching the goings on at Llandudno Junction that morning because there were signalling problems causing delays and cancellations on the Coast and I saw 150241 come off the Conwy Valley, terminate at Junction and then was put into the bay platform out of use. The Conwy Valley service after that was cancelled, which I think was the one you were unable to catch, however they did run a rail replacement to cover that one service. Saw a few strange things happen on the railway that morning. Nice to see you reached a few request stops in the snow. :)
Geoff- thankyou for describing us as North Wales. Too many people think wales is one place!
I think its Gwydir Bridge. Gower is in South wales.
Nope, it's Gower's Bridge - a foot bridge over the River Conwy that is aparently built on the site of a toll bridge built by the Rvd John Gower of Trefriw (on the other side of the river from Llanrwst). A good question though as I've lived in Llanrwst for 10 years and didn't know the history until I looked it up :)
@@johnmitchell364 hello. The bridge south of fairy glen, the bad one on the bed coming from B.F thst has a history about it too. I can't remember but it was something about a builder and his daughter , named it after her I think.its a shame the spa in trefiw closed, but the wollen mill is worth a visit. (I'm from Bangor, but my grandmother was from the conwy valley)
There used to be a great pub at Tal-y-Cafn. Shame it’s gone now though :(
Hi Geoff Just wondering if you could make a video on the all the stations channel about ranger and rover Tickets cause I don't understand how the work
Snow then no snow great video
I'm glad it wasn't "the wrong kind of snow". If we had that much in London the trains would grind to a standstill.
Another entertaining video Geoff, even if it didn't really go as planned. You seem to be managing to pronounce the "LL" sound nowadays, so "Loch" should be a piece of cake when you get back up north of the border.😁
Poor use of the P.I.S. If they're not going to provide a *Help point button* they could, at least, put the cancellation on the P.I.S. or provide tannoy announcements. It doesn't *follow* that there's a tannoy but they usually go hand-in-hand with the dot matrix.
The passenger numbers might be higher if they collected fares; not much time in this case, but do-able.
There's some very pretty station architecture at these stations, nice to see it being maintained, even the old benches. It looks so much better than today's equivalent.
A bit disappointing to see all the sniping about pronunciation and speaking Welsh, especially when only 21% of the *Welsh* speak the language.
Great production, as usual, great fun to watch as few of us can get to these stations easily.
Cheers for now,
Dougie.
Why did you not do train to Roman Bridge and back - could have then done both stations
I was told "dont ever go on a night out in Llanrwst unless you are from Llanrwst ! You will be ignored by the bar staff and the locals will pick a fight with you" This from my date who was a Conwy lass !
I went there a month ago. I thought it was one of the least used as it's down a tiny little road in the middle of nowhere . I thought Geoff would have done it
From Gogledd/North Llanrwst you should have gotten the 13:50 to Roman Bridge, wait there 45 mins, then get the 15:07 back to Llanrwst. That way, you wouldn't have had to come back in the future.
geoff you should go to the least used station in powys on the herat of wales line which is llangynllo with only 806 passengers using it
Probably the most beautiful train line in the uk. I love north wales ❤
You have snow already it's not even snowing in Canada yet
Didn't you hear? The welsh stole all the snow.
@@EinkOLED not till now now I know where all the snow went now
Maybe not in your neck of the woods.....
@@EinkOLED And the English, I can see snow on the hills of the Lakes.
@0 0 we better not get snow in London cause everything grinds to a halt and people panic.
Lovely video.
Geoff, what do you think about restoring the pre-Beeching rail lines?. Then you could really see Cornwall, come to Fowey. Less cars, more basic trains.
Tried calling the phone number, yet it says it's busy! Clearly someone has beat me to it
Conwy Valley Line will be getting new stock soon, in the form of Viva Rail Class 230's (Ex LT D Stock). No date confirmed as yet. Could combine that with the Roman Bridge revisted film.
I'm not a Welsh speaker, but I think you should say the place as 'Thlaanroost'. Without saying it as a 'Th' - if that helps.
Actually surprised that they had snow in early November. Last time I was in North Wales was 3 years ago, and it was the usual low cloud, light rain, etc. But not freezing cold.
Looks like a beautiful part of the world.
Next series of videos: All The Station Car Parks.
BIZARRE. . . two railway stations 90 seconds apart! An interesting video in any case, but the question is WHY have two stations that close to each other? In Queensland, Australia, there are two stations, one on each side of a major river, that are a TEN MINUTE travel time. [ Home Hill and Ayr, on the Brisbane to Cairns rail line] and of interest is the fact that BOTH of those stations are FLAG STOPS, known in Britain as request stops. However, in general, the train will stop at one or both. BUT a seat booking must be made at least 24 hours ahead of travel.
How much was the ticket between the stations in the end?!
Ryan Cord £2
I stayed at the station building at roman bridge back when it was a holiday cottage
Dolgarrog is missing a platform!!
My cousin used to do his train-spotting at Dolgarrog. Why couldn't you visit?
What a cute little station at North Llanrwst.
I live in Llandudno, Love it here.....
Ty
Can you put the all the stations Britain map on your website please. Nice video and website too.
what a beautiful place.
It's pronounced llan-did-no :)
My back yard! I live in Blaenau-Ffestiniog
Thanks for the video, Geoff. It's a wonderful line but woefully under-resourced. The line is closed very frequently once it rains, which makes me wonder what was the point of throwing £millions at it in 2019. Buy shares in local buses, they are busy when TfW announces a snap closure, even when rain is forecast, rather than actually fallen. The excuses for closure would not be acceptable on most lines, but out there it's essentially a privilege rather than a service.
According to Wikipedia Llanrwst station wasn't opened until 1989, the now North Llanrwst was built in the 1860s. I hate to say any station/service is pointless but the new station does seem to be getting towards being a pointless exercise.
Geoff there is a train that is 30 Secs. Newcastle- Manors
do i sense the least used station in wales video coming
Geoff, I've always wondered - what app is it on your phone that you use for that railway map that appears in almost every video?
Snow is wonderful for the first couple days, after that it is a pain.
You should ride from Norddeich to Norddeich Mole, which are on opposite sides of a level crossing. No joke