from the North Wales coast to the mountains of Snowdonia Express Motors "X1"      Llandudno--Conwy--Betws-y-Coed Llew Jones "19"      Snowdon Sherpa Bus Timetables unofficial website    All year round "S2" and "S97" Sherpa Betws-y-Coed--Pen-y-Pass--Llanberis Pen-y-Pass--Beddgelert--Porthmadog    Summer extra "S2" Sherpa Llandudno Betws-y-Coed (for Snowdonia) Pen-y-Pass Beddgelert       Llanberis Porthmadog       Caernarfon

Weekdays   Sundays and Public Holidays

B E W A R E ....................... !!! Car Parking in Snowdonia is very limited and can be expensive if a space can be found The alternative is to leave your car behind and use the Snowdon Sherpa Bus network (Sherpa journeys are shown in GREEN and other connecting journeys in black)   GENERAL INFORMATION.............. This "summary page" gives a basic overview of services from "The North Wales Coast" at Llandudno....... going to all parts of "Snowdonia" in the morning and returning from "Snowdonia" in the afternoon For more information about all connecting journey along the principal routes to "Snowdonia" use the "short-cut" links immediately below  or for further information use the comprehensive index at the bottom of every page........ Llandudno to Betws-y-Coed along the Conwy Valley outward and return Llandudno to Porthmadog via Nant Gwynant and Beddgelert outward and return Llandudno to Llanberis and Caernarfon via Capel Curig outward and return Llandudno to Bethesda via Llyn Ogwen (for Tryfan) outward and return or here for "suggested trips" starting from Llandudno This "unofficial" website attempts to show what services are available in order to encourage greater use of the Sherpa Network

llwbr CONWY route					Snowdon Sherpa																				SNOWDONIA
Llandudno -\-- Black Cat --/- Llanrwst - Betws-y-Coed - Capel Curig - Pen-y-Pass --- Llanberis               \                    /                                   :                      |                        |                      |                     \--Conwy--/                                     :                  Llyn Ogwen           Beddgelert...Rhyd Ddu...Caernarfon                                                :                        |                      |                                                     :.........................................Porthmadog
Mondays to Saturdays - 15th April to 4th November 2017 (except Public Holidays Good Friday 14th April  Easter Monday 17th April  Monday 1st May  Monday 29th May and Monday 28th August )
Click here for Sundays and Public Holidays from 14th April to 5th Novermber 2017
		S+LSH	LSch												M-F	Sat
	Arriva Wales	Llew Jones			Express Motors						Express Motors			Express Motors	Arriva Wales	Arriva Wales				Express Motors				Express Motors				Arriva Wales	Express Motors		Express Motors
	train	19	19	S2	X1						X1			X1	train	train				X1				X1				train	X1		X1
Llandudno	0708j	0745	0745		08.10	-			-		09.10	-		10.10	10.08	10.22	-			11.10	-	-		12.10	-			13.08	13.10		14.00	-
Llandudno Junction *	07.26	0758	0758		08.28	-			-		09.28	-		10.28	10.28	10.34	-			11.28	-	-		12.28	-			13.30	13.28		14.18	-
Black Cat roundabout	|	|	|		08.31	-			-		09.31	-		10.31	|	|	-			11.31	-	-		12.31	-			|	13.31		14.21	-
Llanrwst	07.49	0840	0845	$ | | | | | \|/	08.48	-			-		09.48	-		10.48	10.50	10.56	-			11.48	-	-		12.48	-			13.52	13.48		14.38	-
Betws-y-Coed	07.55	0850	-		09.00	-			Sat		10.00	-		11.00	10.56	11.02	-			12.00	-	Sat		13.00	-			13.58	14.00		14.50	-
	Express Motors					Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors		Express Motors	Express Motors		Express Motors			Express Motors	Express Motors		Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors		Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors		Express Motors			Express Motors	Express Motors
	S2					S97	S4	88	S6		S2	88		S2			S97	88		S2	88	S6		S2	S97	88		S2			S2	S4
Betws-y-Coed	09.10 $					-	-	-	09.40		10.10	-		11.10			-	-		12.10	-	12.40		13.10	-	-		14.40			15.48	-	Betws-y-Coed
Capel Curig	09.22					-		-	09.50		10.22	-		11.22			-	-		12.22	-	12.50		13.22	-	-		14.52			16.00	-	Capel Curig
Llyn Ogwen	|					-		-	10.00		|	-		|			-	-		|	-	13.00		|	-	-		|			|	-	Llyn Ogwen
Pen-y-Pass Snowdon	09.35					09.50	-	-	-		10.35	-		11.35			11.50	-		12.35	-	-		13.35	14.20	-		15.05			16.10	16.30	Pen-y-Pass Snowdon
Nant Gwynant Watkin	|					10.02	-	-	-		|	-		|			12.02	-		|	-	-		|	14.32	-		|			|	16.42	Nant Gwynant Watkin
Beddgelert   (for W H Rly)	|					10.07	1130	-	-		|	-		|			12.07	-		|	-	-		|	14.37	-		|			|	16.50	Beddgelert
Pont Aberglaslyn	|					10.14	|	-	-		|	-		|			12.14	-		|	-	-		|	14.44	-		|			|	|	Pont Aberglaslyn
Porthmadog	|					10.35	|	-	-		|	-		|			12.35	-		|	-	-		|	15.05	-		|			|	|	Porthmadog
Llanberis	09.45					-	|	1000	-		10.45	1100		11.45			-	1200		12.45	1300	-		13.50	-	1400		15.20			16.25	|	Llanberis
Rhyd Ddu Snowdon	-					-	1136	|	-		-	|		-			-	|		-	|	-		-	-	|		-			-	16.56	Rhyd Ddu
Caernarfon	-					-	1200	1022	-		-	1122		-			-	1222		-	1322	-		-	-	1422		-			-	17.20	Caernarfon
09.10 - Sherpa journey     $ - this "S2" Sherpa starts from Llanrwst at 0855 on local (Llanrwst) School Days only     * - click here for "13" and "27" connections from Colwyn Bay via Mochdre
j - change trains at Llandudno Junction				S+LSH - Saturdays also Llanrwst School Holidays     LSch - Llanrwst School Days only     M-F - Mondays to Fridays only     Sat - Saturdays only
1000 - black - other connecting bus service
latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd CC or Conwy CC websites  and any subsequent amendments thereto

SNOWDONIA					Snowdon Sherpa																	llwbr CONWY route
Porthmadog..........................................Caernarfon........................ alternative return route.........................................                                                              \       /                                                                                  \                                                Caernarfon........Beddgelert           Bethesda                                                              |                                                                 |                 |                     |                                                                 |                                                             |          Nant Gwynant         Llyn Ogwen                                                             |                                                             |                 |                    |                                                                   \                                                              Llanberis - Pen-y-Pass - Capel Curig - Betws-y-Coed - Llanrwst -\- Conwy -/- Llandudno Junction - Llandudno                                                      \              /                                                     Glan Conwy
Mondays to Saturdays - 15th April to 4th November 2017 (except Public Holidays Good Friday 14th April  Easter Monday 17th April  Monday 1st May  Monday 29th May and Monday 28th August )
Click here for Sundays and Public Holidays from 14th April to 5th November 2017
	last weekday "through" Sherpa from Porthmadog to Pen-y-Pass							Sat											last weekday "connecting" Sherpa from Porthmadog to Pen-y-Pass				Alternative later journeys via Caernarfon,  Bangor and Conwy
	Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors				Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors			Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors			Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors		Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors	Arriva	Express Motors	Arriva	Express Motors	Express Motors	Arriva
	S4	S97	88	S2				S6	88	S2			S97	S4	88	S2			S97	88	S2		S4	T2	85	5C-5	1	5C-5	88	1	5C-5
Porthmadog	-	13.30	-	-				-	-	-			1520	-	-	-			17.15	-	-		-	1825	-	-	1940	-	-	2055	-	Porthmadog
Pont Aberglaslyn	-	13.49	-	-				-	-	-			1539 *	-	-	-			17.29	-	-		-	| | | via Pen-y -Groes | | |	-	-	| | | via Pen-y -Groes | | |	-	-	| | | via Pen-y -Groes | | |	-	Pont Aberglaslyn
Caernarfon	1320	|	1400	-				-	1500	-			|	15.30	1600	-			|	1710	-		-		-	-		-	-		-	Caernarfon
Rhyd Ddu Snowdon	1344	|	|	-				-	|	-			|	15.56	|	-			|	|	-		-		-	-		-	-		-	Rhyd Ddu
Beddgelert	1350	13.55	|	-				-	|	-			1543 *	16.07	|	-			17.34	|	-		1820		-	-		-	-		-	Beddgelert
Llanberis Joe Brown	-	|	|	14.30				-	|	15.30			-	|	|	16.30			|	|	17.35		|		1916	-		-	2116		-	Llanberis Joe Brown
Llanberis Interchange	-	|	1425	14.35				-	1525	15.35			-	|	1625	16.35			|	1735	17.40		|		1915	-		-	2115		-	Llanberis Interchange
Caernarfon	-	|	-	|				-	-	|			-	|	-	|			|	-	|		1850	1905	|	1945	2030	2045	2137	2140	2145	Caernarfon
Bangor	-	|	-	|				-	-	|			-	|	-	|			|	-	|		-	1930	2005	2015	-	2115	-	-	2215	Bangor
Nant Gwynant Watkin	-	14.00	-	|				-	-	|			-	16.12	-	|			17.39	-	|		-	-	-	| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |	-	| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |	-	-	| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |	Nant Gwynant Watkin
Pen-y-Pass	-	14.13	>>>>>>	14.55				-	-	15.50			-	16.25	>>>>>>	16.50			|	-	17.55		-	-	-		-		-	-		Pen-y-Pass
Penygwryd	-	-	-	14.57				Sat	-	15.52			-	-	-	16.52			17.49	>>>>>>	17.57		-	-	-		-		-	-		Penygwryd
Llyn Ogwen	-	-	-	|				15.35	-	|			-	-	-	|			-	-	|		-	-	-		-		-	-		Llyn Ogwen
Capel Curig	-	-	-	15.05				15.45	-	16.00			-	-	-	17.00			-	-	18.05		-	-	-		-		-	-		Capel Curig
Betws-y-Coed	-	-	-	15.17 $				15.55	-	16.12			-	-	-	17.12			-	-	18.17		-	-	-		-		-	-		Betws-y-Coed
				Arriva Wales	| | | | | | | | | \|/ $	Llew Jones				Express Motors						Llew Jones	Arriva Wales				Express Motors
				train		19				X1	X1					19	train				X1
						S+LSH
Betws-y-Coed	-			15.24		1530		-		16.25	16.50		-			17.20	18.03		-		18.22		-	-	-		-		-	-		Betws-y-Coed
Llanrwst	-			15.30		1545		-		16.37	17.02		-			17.30	18.09		-		18.32		-	-	-		-		-	-		Llanrwst
Llandudno Junction	-			15.56	-	1622		-		17.03	17.27		-			18.16	18.34		-		18.52		-	-	-	2056	-	2156	-	-	2256	Llandudno Junction
Llandudno	-			16.17	-	1643		-		17.21	17.40		-			18.27	18.53		-		19.10		-	-	-	2111	-	2211	-	-	2311	Llandudno
13.30 - Sherpa journey     * - on School Days operates via Porthmadog school - thence 16 minutes later to Beddgelert arrive 1559     $ - on Llanrwst School Days only extendes to Llanrwst (where passengers for Llandudno should change)
Sat - Saturdays only     S+LSH - Saturdays also Llanrwst School Holidays
latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd CC or Conwy CC websites  and any subsequent amendments thereto

llwbr CONWY route			Snowdon Sherpa												SNOWDONIA
Llyn Ogwen                          | Llandudno -\- Glan Conwy -/- Betws-y-Coed - Capel Curig - Pen-y-Pass - Llanberis - Caernarfon                   \...........Conwy.........../                :                        |                      |                                     |                                                                                Llyn Ogwen :..............................................................Beddgelert                              /|\                                                                                                                       |                      |                                     |                                                                             Bethesda         Porthmadog.............................................|
Sundays - 16th April to 5th November 2017 (also Public Holidays Good Friday 14th April  Easter Monday 17th April  Monday 1st May  Monday 29th May and Monday 28th August )
	Llew Jones						Llew Jones	Llew Jones								Llew Jones				Llew Jones
	19						19	X19								19				X19
Llandudno	no early Sunday connection	-			-		09.00	10.00	-					-		11.50	-			13.20
Llandudno Junction		-			-		09.15	10.17	-					-		12.05	-			13.37
Conwy		-			-		09.20	|	-					-		12.12	-			|
Llanrwst	08.20	-			-		10.06	10.42	-					-		12.48	-			14.02
Betws-y-Coed	08.29	-			-		10.16	10.52	-					-		12.58	-			14.12
	Express Motors	Express Motors	Arriva	Lloyds	Express Motors			| |	Express Motors	Express Motors	Lloyds	Johns	Arriva	Express Motors		Express Motors	Express Motors	Arriva		Express Motors
	S2	88	S97	T2	S6			|	S2	88	T2	1	S97	S6		S2	88	S97		S2
Betws-y-Coed	09.10	-	-	-	09.40		-	10.52	11.10	-	-	-	-	12.40		13.10	-	-		14.40
Blaenau Ffestiniog	|	-	-	-	|		-	1117	>>>|>>>	>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>		1200	-	|		|	-	-		|
Capel Curig	09.22	-	-	-	09.50		-	-	11.22	-	-	|	-	12.50		13.22	-	-		14.52
Llyn Ogwen	|	-	-	-	10.00		-	-	|	-	-	|	-	13.00		|	-	-		|
Pen-y-Pass Snowdon	09.35	-	09.50	-	-		-	-	11.35	-	-	|	-	-		13.35	-	14.15		15.05
Nant Gwynant Watkin	|	-	10.02	-	-		-	-	|	-	-	|	-	-		|	-	14.27		|
Beddgelert  W H Rly	|	-	10.07	-	-		-	-	|	-	-	|	1349	-		|	-	14.32		|
Pont Aberglaslyn	|	-	10.14	-	-		-	-	|	-	-	|	/|\ |	-		|	-	14.39		|
Porthmadog	|	-	10.30	1105	-		-	-	|	-	1425	1228	1330	-		|	-	15.00		|
Llanberis	09.45	1101	-	|	-		-	-	11.45	1301	/|\ | | |	-	-	-		13.50	1501	-		15.20
Rhyd Ddu	-	|	-	|	-		-	-	-	|		-	-	-		-	|	-		-
Caernarfon	-	1125	-	1150	-		-	-	-	1325	1340	-	-	-		-	1525	-		-
09.10 - Sherpa journey
1101 --- black - other connecting bus service
latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd CC or Conwy CC websites  and any subsequent amendments thereto

SNOWDONIA				Snowdon Sherpa														llwbr CONWY route
...................Caernarfon........................... alternative return route .................................                                                  /                                                                          \                                                  Caernarfon......Porthmadog                                                                             |                                                                   |                 |                                                                                      |                                                             |       Beddgelert         Llyn Ogwen                                                          |                                                             |                 |                      |                                                                \                                                             Llanberis - Pen-y-Pass - Capel Curig - Betws-y-Coed - Llanrwst -\- Conwy -/- Llandudno Junction - Llandudno  |                                                            \             /                                        Llyn Ogwen                                                     Glan Conwy
Sundays - 16th April to 5th November 2017 (also Public Holidays Good Friday 14th April  Easter Monday 17th April  Monday 1st May  Monday 29th May and Monday 28th August )
									last Sherpa from Porthmadog to Betws-y-Coed										alternative later journeys via Caernarfon
	Arriva	Express Motors	Express Motors		Express Motors	Express Motors	Express Motors		Arriva	Express Motors	Express Motors		John's	Llew Jones		Express Motors	Express Motors		Express Motors	Arriva	Express Motors	Arriva	Express Motors	Arriva	Arriva
	S97	88	S2		S6	88	S2		S97	88	S2		1	X19		88	S2		T2	5C-5	88	5C-5	88	5C-5	5C-5
Porthmadog	13.30	-	-		-	-	-		16.00	-	-		1640	-		-	-		1610	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pont Aberglaslyn	13.43	-	-		-	-	-		16.13	-	-		|	-		-	-		| | | via Pen-y Groes | | |	-	-	-	-	-	-
Caernarfon	|	1235	-		-	1435	-		|	1605	-		|	-		1705	-			-	-	-	-	-	-
Rhyd Ddu	|	| | via Llanrug | |	-		-	| | via Llanrug | |	-		|	| | via Llanrug | |	-		|	-		| | via Llanrug | |	-			-	-	-	-	-	-
Beddgelert	13.54		-		-		-		16.20		-		|	-			-			-	-	-	-	-	-
Nant Gwynant Watkin	13.59		-		-		-		16.25		-		|	-			-			-	-	-	-	-	-
Blaenau Ffestiniog	|		-		-		-		|		-		1708	1740			-			-	-	-	-	-	-
Llanberis Joe Brown	|	1258	14.30		-	1458	15.30		|	|	16.30		-	|		|	17.35			-	1732	-	1842	-	-
Llanberis Interchange	|	1259	14.35		-	1459	15.35		|	1629	16.35		-	|		1729	17.40			-	1731	-	1841	-	-
Caernarfon	|	-	|		-	-	|		|	-	|		-	|		-	|		1655	1742	1755	1842	1905	1942	2042
Pen-y-Pass	14.12	>>>>>>	14.55		-	-	15.50		16.38	>>>>>>	16.50		-	|		-	17.55		-	| | | | | via Bangor | | | | |	-	| | | | | via Bangor | | | | |	-	| | | | | via Bangor | | | | |	| | | | | via Bangor | | | | |
Llyn Ogwen	-	-	|		15.35	-	|		-	-	|		-	|		-	|		-		-		-
Capel Curig	-	-	15.05		15.45	-	16.00		-	-	17.00		-	|		-	18.05		-		-		-
Betws-y-Coed	-	-	15.17		15.55	-	16.12		-	-	17.12		-	1805		-	18.17		-		-		-
			Llew Jones		Llew Jones						Llew Jones			| |			Llew Jones
			X19		19						X19			|			19
Betws-y-Coed	-		15.25		16.20				-		18.05		-	1805		-	18.35		-		-		-
Llanrwst	-		15.35		16.30				-		\      18.15           /					-	18.45		-		-		-
Llandudno Junction	-		16.00		17.07				-		18.40					-	19.28		-	1858	-	1958	-	2058	2158
Llandudno	-		16.14		17.20				-		18.54					-	19.40		-	1914	-	2014	-	2114	2214
13.30 - Sherpa journey
1235 --- black - other connecting bus service
19R42 - continues to Betws-y-Coed on request to the driver
latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd CC or Conwy CC websites  and any subsequent amendments thereto

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