| Abergele
Written by Mark Bearton - 01 Nov 2004 |
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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.
There is plenty of parking, including on the beach.
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).
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.
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.
