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I was going to suggest that the T19 bus from Llandudno - Blaenau Ffestinog would have been faster than the train, but it seems not. The train just beats the fastest bus.

I was about to mention those. It's the same with the Merseyrail services from Chester.

Apologies for the terrible photo, but this is on the wall at Betws-y-Coed.

No, there's been barely any rain in the Conwy Valley today.

Sorry to wander off topic but I worked on this bus and its sisters back in the early 90's. I assumed they'd all have long gone off to be scrapped by now. It's nice to see that the name Happy Dragon has stuck with this one.

I haven't heard of anything bad happening recently. Work is going on around Dolgarrog station and to the south of it. The electronic displays still say that trains will return on September 7th.

I've seen a few Network Rail vans on the A470 in the Conwy valley in the last couple of weeks. That suggests that something's going on with the line. All I can say for sure is that someone's replaced the handle on the gate at Glan Conwy in the last couple of weeks, which seems an odd thing to do...

There's been another rockfall in the tunnel north of Blaenau and the line is partially closed again. Services have been cut back to Betws-y-Coed, apparently. More news on the Daily Post's website.

The local newspaper's website now says that Dolgarrog Station is closed due to flooding which is odd for a station that isn't actually open.

Thank you, though looking at it again the horizon isn't very straight at all. In my defence it was early and I was leaning out of a window.

At 7.20 this morning here is the first train to call at Glan Conwy since March. Five minutes late as others have noted. Nice to seem them back anyway.

The local newspaper is reporting that it will be closed for several weeks. From looking at the photos in the article there is a lot of damage to repair.

I'm not at all surprised that it's closed again. The River Conwy was at a very high level yesterday and the roads down both sides of the valiey were closed at some point. The trains were cancelled yesterday anyway due to the unit being needed in the south for rugby traffic, but even the bus...

I can't imagine that Llanbadan, the first stop out of Aberystwyth on the Vale of Rheidol gets many passengers as it's little more than a nameboard.

Occasionally I'm at Llandudno Junction for an early Saurday trip to London. While there are usually a few of us on the 0537 to Crewe I've never seen anyone on the 0530 to Blaenau Ffestiniog which only really runs to form the first service back. It's even quieter at the moment of course, what...

I tried it last year. We went down to Cardiff second class and came back first. The food was really good and a proper meal on a train is an experience I'd recommend to anyone. It felt strangely civilized. I recall paying about £35 extra for the first class ticket.

Another picture of it at Glan Conwy on Saturday here: https://twitter.com/glanconwyrs/status/1010626281350815744

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It seems that the Conwy Valley line is flooded again. The 1457 left Blaenau today, but everything since has been cancelled due to "severe flooding". It'll be somewhere near Llanrwst again I guess, but there hasn't been that much rain around here today so hopefully it'll be open again soon.

I recently purchased the old station master's house at Glan Conwy. Stripping the wallpaper downstairs has revealed some interesting paintwork on the walls. Does anyone know if these colours might date to back when it was still a waiting room?