Several different operators cover the Sherpa network
AND connecting services - especially on Sundays
Generally speaking, to give you maximum flexibility, the best ticket
for travelling to, round and returning from
Snowdonia for a whole day is the £6.80 Red Rover
available from the driver of your first bus
(or a North Wales Day Rover if travelling from further
afield by train)
So make sure you select and ask for the appropriate ticket
for ALL of your proposed itineraries as many companies also offer their own day rover, which are only valid
on their services !!!
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The Summer 2019 Sherpa Timetables
are now in operation
DON'T KNOW YOUR WAY
ROUND SNOWDONIA ? |
Anyone on the Coast wishing to spend a day in Snowdonia should find the
Summary Timetable from Llandudno/North Wales Coast
Summary Timetable from Bangor via Llanberis
Summary Timetable from Barmouth/Harlech/Bl.Ffestiniog via Porthmadog
or the Summary Timetable from Pwllheli/Criccieth via Porthmadog
to all parts of Snowdonia served by the Sherpas a useful starting point
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NO
printed
Timetables
available
yet
again !
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Gwynedd CC is the only North Wales
Council not to produce a printed
version of their bus service timetables
- instead, some local offices now charge 10p for every sheet
they print off the internet for you !!!!!
(This is despite ALL official Gwynedd CC Tourist Information Centres have closed !!!
although some Snowdonia Information Centres, such at Beddgelert, still remain)
This arrangement applied throughout 2018 and will no doubt again apply throughout 2019
despite justifiable pressure from the local tourist industry
However you can download the same information
direct from the Gwynedd CC official website
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2018-2019
Timetable
Betws-y-Coed
departure sheet 2019
(snow showing summer S2" journeys)
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The Conwy CC 2018-19 timetables booklet
(commencing 29th May) can also be viewed "on line"
This gives details of all the bus services in the Conwy County area including the Sherpa Network
as well as details of the Conwy Valley Railway Line services
Printed copies are still available
but note only the '10 journeys each day' "S2" service is still valid in 2019
-it WAS planned to be re-printed from May/June 2019 but has not yet appeared
BEWARE - the coloured, printed Summer 2018 Sherpa Timetable leaflet is now 'out if date'
(except for Table "S2" and so far - the 2019 edition is still not available
* - Still NO "6B" timetable (along the Ogwen
Valley) shown in either their printed booklet or included on their website
- it started operating back in early-2015)
despite now being included in the index to places served and on the maps !!!
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BEWARE
most departure sheets at bus-stops have
yet to be updated with the revised Summer 2019 times
- so carefully check the issue date at the bottom left of the display at your stop rather than ending up
waiting for a non-existant journey !!!
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(2nd 2018 edition cover)
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The Denbighshire CC 2018 printed timetables and updated
on-line timetables are now available
UPDATE
There has been five versions of their on-line timetable since the start of 2017
- including two last year - some of which still stem from the earlier demise of GHA
If you have already saved a copy of ANY of their tables, make sure you have
downloaded the correct version - if in doubt DELETE it and start again
Despite all the re-issues,
it still showes the same OUT OF DATE connecting "70" journeys from Corwen
--- see this website or confirm the correct times from the Llew Jones website
- but note the service ONLY runs on Tuesdays (Llanrwst Market Day) and Saturdays
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DON'T GET CAUGHT OUT !
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no
printed
Timetables
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GWYNFOR COACHES
This company are now operating the whole of the Sherpa network
on both weekdays and Sundays
Their website has now been updated
with the revised summer services
Unfortunately their "timetable" links
keep reverting to the "error" message
Roedd gwall wrth prosesu eich cais / There was an error while processing your request
every time there is an update
The changes to the "S4-S97" Sherpa journeys between Porthmadog and
Pen-y-Pass
introduced last November involved some very frustrating "just missed" situations - thus requiring pasengers to have
to wait "hours" at Beddgelert (1150-1405 and 1410-1615) for the next journey
Your webmaster submitted a way to solve this to Gwynfor but they have chosen not to do anything about it
With other alterations having just come in, it would have been easy to have included those as well !
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A TOTALLY "WASTED OPPORTUNITY"
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BEWARE........
Their "S4" and "S97" timetable pages fail to show some journeys on
arrival at Beddgelert immediately continue
to Porthmadog or
Caernarfon respectivcely
So IGNORE the TravelineCymru "Journey Planner" advice to wait around in the cold for the
following journey !!!!!
So much for integrated timetable planning !
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Most
Timetables
on thier
website
have been updated
but there are still several errors
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LLEW JONES
They drastically reduced the level of their connecting "X19" service
from Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog along the east side of the Conwy Valley for winter 2018-19..........
..........although extra "short working" weekday journeys between Llandudno and Betws-y-Coed only
have been added from late-July 2019
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no printed timetables
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ALTHOUGH - the
TravelineCymru "Journey Planner" has at last been fully updated to show the revised summer Sherpa journeys
and their connections....
..... it has NOT yet been updated with the late connections
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Headline News...................
Click here for further information
including archieved items
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Sunday 14th July 2019 |
There are many "late" changes to the times of the Sunday
connecting "88" service operated by Dilwyns
from and back to
Caernarfon
..........note specially - on Sundays journeys from Caernarfon operate via the by-pass direct to the Interchange
stop before returning along the Llanberis main street |
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Spring Public Holiday Monday 27th May 2019 |
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The "Snowdon Sherpa Network" (and all other connecting local bus routes)
operate a normal SUNDAY timetable as it is a public holiday
However the connecting train services (shown against a light
blue background) on the Conwy Valley and
Cambrian Coast railway lines will operate to their
weekday timetable |
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Monday 20th May 2019 |
The frequency of the weekday connecting "88"
service from and
back to Caernarfon has been
reduced to just hourly throughout the day.....
.....despite Gwynfor's own website continuing to show the withdrawn journeys !!!!! |
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Easter Monday 22nd April 2019 |
The "Snowdon Sherpa Network" (and all other connecting local bus routes)
operate a normal SUNDAY timetable as it is a public holiday
However the connecting train services (shown against a light
blue background) on the Conwy Valley and
Cambrian Coast railway lines will operate to their
weekday timetable |
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Good Friday 19th April 2019 |
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The "Snowdon Sherpa Network" (and all other connecting local bus routes)
operate a normal SUNDAY timetable as it is a public holiday
However the connecting train services (shown against a light
blue background) on the Conwy Valley and
Cambrian Coast railway lines will operate to their
weekday timetable |
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Saturday 13th April 2019* |
The Summer Timetables are "expected" to commence..........
(* - normally from "the Saturday before Easter Weekend")
The level of service
on the "S2" route is again EXPECTED to double from five to ten journeys each way
The seasonal "S1" and "S6" services "should" be re-instated for summer weekends
In addition later journeys are EXPECTED to be re-introduced to/from Beddgelert from both
Pen-y-Pass and Porthmadog - also Caernarfon on weekdays - similar to 2018 |
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Monday 1st April 2019 |
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Gwynfor took over the
weekdays and
Sunday connecting "85"
service from and back to Bangor
The level of service is reduced and all evening journeys are withdrawn
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Sunday 31st March 2019 or Saturday 30th March 2019 ??? |
After the last journeys of the day, Arriva will cease to operate
connecting services from both Bangor
(on weekdays and Sundays) and
Caernarfon (on Sundays)
This is based on the statement on the Arriva website which shows
" From Sunday 31st March 2019, Arriva will no longer operate tendered services 1E, 1NS, 67C,
67L 82, 83, 85, X85, 86, 88, 91 in Gwynedd. "
..........notwithstanding the fact some of the revised tables on the Gwynedd CC website only show new operators
taking over from Monday 1st April !!!!! |
details of who will take and any possible changes to times to follow
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Monday 10th December 2018 |
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Gwynfor has made further changes to the
"times" of their "88" weekday connecting service
from and back to Caernarfon
The "two hour gap" between journeys at lunchtime has been "plugged" but the extra
journeys during the workers "peaks" are cut back to Mondays to Fridays only |
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Monday 19th November 2018 |
Llew Jones has made further changes to the
"times" of their "X19" weekday connecting service
from and back to Llandudno |
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Start of Winter Timetable - Monday 5th November 2018 |
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The number of "S2" Sherpa journeys between
Betws-y-Coed and Llanberis also the
return direction have been reduce to the same level of service as last winter
The additional summer only
"S1 Park and Ride" Sherpa service between Llanberis and Pen-y-Pass
and the weekend "S6" Sherpa service through the Ogwen
pass are withdrawn for the winter
Major changes have been made to the "S4" and "S97" services to help improve preformance
Llew Jones drastically reduced the "level" of their "X19" connecting service
from and back to Llanudno |
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Tuesday 29th May 2018 |
Llew Jones will commence a new 1840 weekdays
and Sundays "19" journey from Betws-y-Coed to
Llandudno
This is planned to immediately connect off the last "S2" Sherpa from Llanberis due 1832 instead of the current
'over three hours' wait
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Monday 16th April 2018 |
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Lloyds have re-introduced a direct "39" Barmouth to Porthmadog connecting service along the coast
road which also serves Harlech
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Monday 9th April 2018 |
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Arriva made changes to their "1B" "3" "85" and "88" services
These include some improved connections at Llanberis from/to both Caernarfon and Bangor during
the late-afternoon and early-evening
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Sunday 25th March 2018 |
Gwynfor Coaches take over the former Arriva Sunday "S97"
Sherpa service will in future will be split into "S97" and "S4" at Beddgelert to match weekdays
The "missing" Sunday mid-morning journeys through the Nant Gwynant Pass are re-instated
after several years
Although not shown as such on the officil websites, most journeys work through
(sometimes diverting via Rhyd Ddu - see
this website for full details
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Sunday 18th March 2018 |
Arriva operated their final Sunday "S97" Sherpa
service (including one journey starting from Pwllheli) - thus ending their direct involvement with the
Sherpa Network, although they continue to operate connecting journeys to both Llanberis and
Porthmadog
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Tuesday 2nd January 2018 |
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As a result of Express Motors ceasing trading, there were
numerous changes to both the Sherpa timetables (now operated by Gwynfor Coaches) also many connecting
journeys - in some cases they level of connecting service being halved
A summary showing the latest information advised to me can be found
here
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| Wednesday 31st March
2010 |
Snow in Snowdonia on 31st March 2010 |
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The first week of the 2010 Summer Timetable !
It snowed so hard causing the roads to be closed and the Sherpa services to be suspended for
the day
A very unusual occurance (even in the middle of winter !)
BUT BEWARE !
Walking on the hills when covered with snow can be very dangerous
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This "unofficial" website
attempts to give full details of what services are available today
and for the next few months
It also includes some suggested "trips round Snowdonia - without your
car"
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