Transport for Wales Rail (Platform 1) Ffestiniog Railway (Platforms 2 & 3)
Platforms
2 narrow gauge / 1 standard gauge
Other information
Station code
BFF
Classification
DfT category F1
History
Original company
Ffestiniog and Blaenau Railway
Key dates
30 May 1868
Opened as Duffws[1]
1 November 1882
Closed[1]
10 September 1883
Re-opened and renamed as Blaenau Festiniog[2][1]
18 June 1951
Renamed Blaenau Festiniog Central[2]
4 January 1960
Closed[2]
21 March 1982
Joint British Rail/Ffestiniog station open as Blaenau Ffestiniog Central[3]
22 March 1982
Standard gauge (platform 1) opened
25 May 1982
Narrow gauge (platform 3) opened
????
Renamed Blaenau Ffestiniog[3]
Passengers
2018/19
39,102
2019/20
24,832 ^ All National Rail only.
2020/21
1,500
2021/22
17,958
2022/23
29,810
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station serves the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, and is the passenger terminus of the Conwy Valley Line from Llandudno Junction. Transport for Wales Rail operate through services to Llandudno Junction and Llandudno. The station is a joint station with the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway, which operates primarily tourist passenger services to Porthmadog throughout most of the year. A feature of the standard gauge service is the availability on trains and buses of the popular "Gwynedd Red Rover" day ticket.
^ abcButt 1995, p. 84.
^ abcButt 1995, p. 36.
^ abButt 1995, p. 37.
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Global Information
39,102
17,958