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Location notes
Abergele is a small seaside resort on the North Wales coast between Rhyl and Llandudno.
Railway type and traffic
Passenger services on this line are usually class 158 and 175 units with Virgin's services provided by Voyagers.
Also a regular morning ballast train from Penmaenmawr and an occasional nuclear-flask working to Valley.
Also a regular morning ballast train from Penmaenmawr and an occasional nuclear-flask working to Valley.
Environment
Abergele is a comparatively quiet resort dominated by caravan parks strung out along the line close to the sea. The railway itself is adjacent to the beach.
Road directions
Abergele is on the main A55 trunk road giving easy access from Chester and the M56. Take the A547 junction and at the first set of traffic lights on the main street turn right and this road will lead you to the station. From the Llandudno direction there is a junction on the A55 leading onto this road itself.
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Abergele map co-ordinates
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Abergele map co-ordinates
Parking
There is plenty of parking, including on the beach.
Public transport
Abergele and Pensarn station is served hourly by Manchester to Llandudno trains. There is also bus service 12 linking Rhyl, Abergele, Colwyn Bay and Llandudno which passes near the station and operates every 10 minutes (30 on Sundays).
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Amenities
There are shops, pubs and snack bars and a Kwik Save by the station and on the foreshore with also a small children's amusement park. There are more shops in Abergele town which is about 1/2 mile away.
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Abergele
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Abergele
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Abergele
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Photographic notes
There are plenty of photographic locations along this section of line with the light generally being best for eastbound trains in the morning and westbound in the afternoon. There is a footbridge immediately east of the station giving good views of the semaphore signals and also further to the east is a small foot crossing leading to one of the caravan parks.
Both of these can be reached from the sea-wall. To the west there is a further road bridge, and about a mile past that a good bridge at Hen Wrych. This is reached either by a 20 minute walk along the front. By car return to Abergele town and turn right onto the A547 towards Llanddulas. After leaving the town there is a castle on the left and half way along its perimeter wall there is a gate house with a lay-by opposite. The path crossing the bridge leads from this lay-by and over the A55 which is adjoining the line at this point. Bus service 12 stops by the lay-by.
Both of these can be reached from the sea-wall. To the west there is a further road bridge, and about a mile past that a good bridge at Hen Wrych. This is reached either by a 20 minute walk along the front. By car return to Abergele town and turn right onto the A547 towards Llanddulas. After leaving the town there is a castle on the left and half way along its perimeter wall there is a gate house with a lay-by opposite. The path crossing the bridge leads from this lay-by and over the A55 which is adjoining the line at this point. Bus service 12 stops by the lay-by.
General views - All photographs © Mark Bearton unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking east
From the station
Fig 2 - Looking east
From the foot bridge
Fig 3 - Looking east
From the foot bridge
Fig 4 - Looking west
From the foot bridge
Fig 5 - Looking east
From the foot crossing
Fig 6 - Looking west
Hen Wrych
Fig 7 - Looking west - Image © Jack Bowey
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Fig 8 -- Looking east - Image © Jack Bowey
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Location Video
The first 45 seconds of this video are another location, but the final shot is Abergele.
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
