Reduced grandeur
To cater for the heavy holiday traffic, the terminus station at Llandudno was a large affair by the end of the 19th century, with an impressive long overall roof covering its five platforms. Under LMS ownership, the station was further upgraded, that 1920s legacy surviving today with the cast iron concourse railings and LMS logo.
As the holiday rail traffic shrank, so did the station infrastructure, and the remaining operational platforms are covered by only a vestigial section of the glass roof. I was able to capture views of the Rail 200 Exhibition Train on my North Wales visit, with GB Railfreight 66 719 standing at the buffer stops.
Reduced grandeur
To cater for the heavy holiday traffic, the terminus station at Llandudno was a large affair by the end of the 19th century, with an impressive long overall roof covering its five platforms. Under LMS ownership, the station was further upgraded, that 1920s legacy surviving today with the cast iron concourse railings and LMS logo.
As the holiday rail traffic shrank, so did the station infrastructure, and the remaining operational platforms are covered by only a vestigial section of the glass roof. I was able to capture views of the Rail 200 Exhibition Train on my North Wales visit, with GB Railfreight 66 719 standing at the buffer stops.