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B E W A R E ....................... !!! The alternative is to leave your car behind and use the Snowdon Sherpa Bus network
This "unofficial" website attempts to show what is available..... and to encourage greater use of the network also includes some suggested "trips round Snowdonia - without your car" |
also Public Holidays Good Friday 15th Aprill Easter Monday 18th April Early Spring Holiday Monday 2nd May | |||||||||
Click here for alternative Sunday trains along the Conwy Valley Railway Line from Llandudno | |||||||||
from Llandudno out and return via Betws-y-Coed (railway station) Summer is an ideal time for a longer day out to visit Snowdonia with later Sherpas back to Betws-y-Coed and connections to Llandudno (later Llandudno and Conwy connections are via the Ogwen Valley and Bangor - NOT the Conwy Valley) | |||||||||
Caernarfon to Llandudno (S1-T19) - connection departs 1535 (change at Betws-y-Coed) a later "S1-T10-5" bus connection is available at 1735 via Capel Curig and Bangor Llanberis to Llandudno (S1-T19) - connection departs 1602 a later "S1-T10-5" bus connection is available at 1802 via Capel Curig and Bangor Pen-y-Pass to Llandudno (S1-T19) - connection departs 1630 a later "S1-T10-5" bus connection is available at 1830 via Capel Curig and Bangor Porthmadog to Llandudno (S4-S1-19) - connection departs 1130 (change at Beddgelert, Pen-y-Pass and a later 'S4-S1-T10-5' connection is available at 1530 via Pen-y-Pass, Capel Curig and Bangor Rhyd Ddu to Llandudno (S3-S4-S1-19 - connection departs 1241 (change at Beddgelert, Pen-y-Pass and Betws-y-Coed) a later 'S4-S1-T10-5' connection is available at 1641 via Pen-y-Pass, Capel Curig and Bangor Beddgelert to Llandudno (S4-S1-T19) - connection departs 1258 (change at Pen-y-Pass and Betws-y-Coed) a later 'S4-S1-T10-5' connection is available at 1658 via Pen-y-Pass, Capel Curig and Bangor Nant Gwynant (Watkin path) to Llandudno (S4-S1-T19) - connection departs 1303 (change at Pen-y-Pass and Betws-y-Coed) a later 'S4-S1-T10-5' connection is available at 1703 via Pen-y-Pass, Capel Curig and Bangor Capel Curig to Llandudno (S1-T19) - connection departs 1639) a later "T10-5" bus connection is available at 1713 via Bangor Bangor to Llandudno (T10-19) - connection departs at 1623 (change at Betws-y-Coed) Bethesda to Llandudno (T10-19) - connection departs at 1645 (change at Betws-y-Coed) Llyn Ogwen (Tryfan) to Llandudno (T10-T19) - connection departs at 1653 (change at Betws-y-Coed) a later "T10-5" non-Sherpa connection is available at 1921 via Bangor Blaenau Ffestiniog to Llandudno (T19) - depart 1640 later trains are available at 1728 and 2020 Porthmadog to Llandudno (1S-T19) - connection departs at 1540 (change at Blaenau Ffestiniog) later connections are available at 1640 and 1840 (change to the train Blaenau Ffestiniog) Betws-y-Coed to Llandudno (19) - depart 1705 (T19) and 1735 a later "T10-5" connection is available at 1901 via Capel Curig and Bangor later trains are available at 1755 and 2047 Click here for further details of the "T10" TrawsCymru direct service from Bangor via the Ogwen Valley | |||||||||
Click here if you want
to climb Snowdon or here
for Tryfan or if you want to make a simple journey round Snowdon - click for the clockwise or anticlockwise summary timetables otherwise.......... | |||||||||
latest times should be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd website |
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Pen-y-Pass | Sunday Sherpa |
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09.04 - Sherpa journey
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08.55 - Sherpa journey - the "S2" Sherpa starts from "platform 2" which is outside Betws-y-Coed railway station and also picks up on the main road at the church, the bridge and the pottery, then Swallow Falls and Capel Curig |
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and walk under the arch across the road to the railway station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1423 Traws -Cymru coach ;in the winter |
Sherpa in the winter |
1823 Traws -Cymru coach ;in the winter |
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1301 Traws -Cymru coach ;in the winter |
1820 Sherpa in the winter |
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Car Park (T) |
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13.40 - Sherpa journey
* - the "S2" Sherpa starts from "platform 2" which is outside Betws-y-Coed railway station and also picks up on the main road at the church, the bridge and the pottery, then Swallow Falls and Capel Curig --- Sherpa destination is Llanberis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SH - ONLY operates during summer school holiday weekends | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sherpa in the winter |
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1530 Sherpa in the winter >>>>>> |
1750 Sherpa in the winter |
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1520 bus WITH -DRAWN |
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Beddgelert --- time for a short stroll along the side of the River Glaslyn past Gelert's
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Pen-y-Pass --- time for a short walk on the foothills of Snowdon
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Sherpa in the winter |
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Beddgelert --- time for a short stroll along the side of the River Glaslyn past Gelert's
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Pen-y-Pass --- time for a short walk on the foothills of Snowdon
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Beddgelert --- time for a short stroll along the side of the River Glaslyn past Gelert's
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Pen-y-Pass --- time for a short walk on the foothills of Snowdon
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Rent Jeep Grand Cherokee |