from the North Wales coast to the mountains of Snowdonia former Express Motors "X1"      Llandudno--Conwy--Betws-y-Coed replacement" Llew Jones direct "X19"    also" Llew Jones "19" via Conwy    Snowdon Sherpa Bus Timetables unofficial website    All year round "S2" and "S4" Sherpa Betws-y-Coed--Pen-y-Pass--Llanberis Pen-y-Pass--Beddgelert--Caernarfon    "S97 connecting Sherpa to Porthmadog 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) LATEST.......... There are minor changes to the Conwy Valley connecting "19" weekday and Sunday services including a new 1840 journey from Betws-y-Coed which connects off the last return "S2" Sherpa from Llanberis

llwbr CONWY route					Snowdon Sherpa																				SNOWDONIA
Llyn Ogwen                                                 | Llandudno -\-- Black Cat --/- Llanrwst - Betws-y-Coed - Capel Curig - Pen-y-Pass --- Llanberis               \                    /                                   :                      |                        |                      |                     \--Conwy--/                                     :                  Llyn Ogwen           Beddgelert...Rhyd Ddu...Caernarfon                                                                       :                        |                      |                      :                                                                       :.........................................Porthmadog.................:
Mondays to Saturdays - 29th May 2018 until further notice except Public Holiday Monday 27th August
Click here for Sundays and Public Holidays from 25th March 2018 until further notice
		S+LSH	LSch										M-F	Sat
	Arriva Wales	Llew Jones	Llew Jones						Llew Jones			Llew Jones	Arriva Wales	Arriva Wales								Llew Jones				Arriva Wales		Llew Jones
	train	X19	19	S2					X19			19	train	train								19				train		19
Llandudno	0708j	07.55	07.45		-				09.10	-		09.55	10.08	10.22	-				(former 1110 connection with -drawn)	-		12.25	-			13.08		14.25	-	Llandudno
Llandudno Junction *	07.26	08.11	07.58		-				09.28	-		10.11	10.28	10.34	-					-		12.41	-			13.30		14.41	-	Llandudno Junction *
Black Cat roundabout	|	08.14	|		-				09.31	-		|	|	|	-					-		|	-			|		|	-	Black Cat roundabout
Llanrwst	07.49	08.38	$$$	$ | | | | | \|/	-				09.48	-		10.55	10.50	10.56	-					-		13.25	-			13.52		15.20	-	Llanrwst
Betws-y-Coed	07.55	08.48	-		-				10.00	-		11.05	10.56	11.02	-		Sat	-		-		13.35	-			13.58		15.43	-	Betws-y-Coed
	Gwynfor				Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva		Gwynfor	Arriva		Gwynfor			Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva	Gwynfor	Arriva		Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva		Gwynfor		Gwynfor	Gwynfor
	S2				S4	S97	88		S2	88		S2			S4	S97	S6	88	S2	88		S2	S4	88		S2		S2	S4
Betws-y-Coed	09.10 $				-	-	-		10.10	-		11.10			-	-	-	-	12.10	-		13.40	-	-		14.40		15.48	-	Betws-y-Coed
Capel Curig	09.22				-	-	-		10.22	-		11.22			>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>		1225	-	12.22	-		13.52	-	-		14.52		16.00	-	Capel Curig
Llyn Ogwen	|				-	-	-		|	-		|			-	-	1235	-	|	-		|	-	-		|		|	-	Llyn Ogwen
Pen-y-Pass Snowdon	09.35				10.05	-	-		10.35	-		11.35			11.50	-	-	-	12.35	-		14.05	14.30	-		15.05		16.10	16.30	Pen-y-Pass Snowdon
Nant Gwynant Watkin	|				10.17	-	-		|	-		|			12.02	-	-	-	|	-		|	14.42	-		|		|	16.42	Nant Gwynant Watkin
Beddgelert   (for W H Rly)	|				10.25	1040	-		|	-		|			12.10	1340	-	-	|	-		|	14.50	-		|		|	16.50	Beddgelert
Pont Aberglaslyn	|				|	1044	-		|	-		|			|	1344	-	-	|	-		|	|	-		|		|	|	Pont Aberglaslyn
Porthmadog	|				|	1105	-		|	-		|			|	1405	-	-	|	-		|	|	-		|		|	|	Porthmadog
Llanberis	09.45				|	-	1005		10.45	1125		11.45			|	-	-	1205	12.45	1325		14.20	|	1510		15.20		16.25	|	Llanberis
Rhyd Ddu Snowdon	-				10.31	-	|		-	|		-			12.16	-	-	|	-	|		-	14.56	|		-		-	16.56	Rhyd Ddu
Caernarfon	-				10.55	-	1037		-	1157		-			12.40	-	-	1237	-	1357		-	15.20	1542		-		-	17.20	Caernarfon
09.10 - Sherpa journey     $ - this "S2" Sherpa starts from Llanrwst at 0855 on local (Llanrwst) School Days only     * - click here for "13" and "27" connections from Colwyn Bay via Mochdre
j - change trains at Llandudno Junction				S+LSH - Saturdays also Llanrwst School Holiday ONLY       LSch - Llanrwst School Term ONLY     $$$ - on local (Llanrwst) School Days only,  this "19" journey terminates at Llanrwst school - passengers requiring onward connections are advised to alight at the Birmingham Garrage stop (immediately after the 'Hump-Back' river bridge)      at approximately 0838 and either join the connecting "S2" Sherpa there(or walk back round the corner to Watling Street,  where there is a shelter)       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 - 29th May 2018 until further notice except Public Holiday Monday 27th August
Click here for Sundays and Public Holidays from 3rd June 2018 until further notice
	Sat											last weekday "connecting" Sherpa from Porthmadog to Pen-y-Pass												Alternative later journeys via Caernarfon,  Bangor and Conwy
	Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva	Gwynfor				Arriva	Gwynfor		Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva	Gwynfor			Arriva	Gwynfor		Gwynfor	Gwynfor		Gwynfor	Lloyds	Arriva		Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva
	S6	S97	S4	88	S2				88	S2		S97	S4	88	S2			88	S2		S97	S4		S4	T2	5C-5		S2	85	5C-5
Porthmadog	-	1120	-	-	-				-	-		1520	-	-	-			-	-		17.15	-		-	1825	-		-	-	-	Porthmadog
Pont Aberglaslyn	-	1139	-	-	-				-	-		1539 *	-	-	-			-	-		17.33	-		-	| | | via Pen-y -Groes | | \|/	-		-	-	-	Pont Aberglaslyn
Caernarfon	-	|	13.40	1330	-				1450	-		|	15.30 #	1530	-			1644	-		|	-		-		-		-	-	-	Caernarfon
Rhyd Ddu	-	|	14.01	|	-				|	-		|	15.56	|	-			|	-		|	-		-		-		-	-	-	Rhyd Ddu
Beddgelert	-	1143	14.12	|	-				|	-		1543 *	16.07	|	-			|	-		17.37	There is a 1755 "S4" service to Pen-y-Pass but there is NO reliable direct connection to Betws-y-Coed		1820		-		-	-	-	Beddgelert
Llanberis	-	-	|	1402	14.30				1522	15.30		-	|	1602	16.30			1721	17.50		-			|		-		1920	2016	-	Llanberis
Caernarfon	-	-	|	-	|				-	|		-	|	-	|			-	|		-			1850	1908	1915		/|\ | | | |	|	2115	Caernarfon
Bangor	-	-	|	-	|				-	|		-	|	-	|			-	|		-			-	1930	1947			2104	2147	Bangor
Nant Gwynant Watkin	-	-	14.17	-	|				-	|		-	16.12	-	|			-	|		-			-	-	| | | | | | | | via Conwy | | | | | | | | |			-	| | | | | | | | via Conwy | | | | | | | | |	Nant Gwynant Watkin
Pen-y-Pass	-	-	14.30	>>>>>>	14.55				-	15.50		-	16.25	>>>>>>	16.50			-	18.10		-			-	-			1905	-		Pen-y-Pass
Penygwryd	Sat	-	-	-	14.57				-	15.52		-	-	-	16.52			-	18.12 %		<< % <<	%		-	-			-	-		Penygwryd
Llyn Ogwen	1330	-	-	-	|				-	|		-	-	-	|			-	|		-	-		-	-			-	-		Llyn Ogwen
Capel Curig	1340	>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>			15.05				-	16.00		-	-	-	17.00			-	18.20		-	-		-	-			-	-		Capel Curig
Betws-y-Coed	-	-	-	-	15.17 $				-	16.12		-	-	-	17.12			-	18.32		-	-		-	-			-	-		Betws-y-Coed
					Arriva Wales	| | | | | | | | | \|/ $	Llew Jones			Llew Jones					Llew Jones	Arriva Wales			Llew Jones
					train		19			X19					19	train			19
							S+LSH
Betws-y-Coed	-		15.10 %% <<<<		15.24		1530		-	16.50		-			17.20	18.03		-	18.40		-			-	-			-	-		Betws-y-Coed
Llanrwst	-				15.30		1545		-	17.02		-			17.30	18.09		-	18.50		-			-	-			-	-		Llanrwst
Llandudno Junction	-				15.56	-	1622		-	17.22		-			18.16	18.34		-	19.22		-			-	-	2031		-	-	2231	Llandudno Junction
Llandudno	-				16.17	-	1643		-	17.40		-			18.27	18.53		-	19.45		-			-	-	2046		-	-	2246	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)     # - usually leaves five minutes later on Saturdays and School Holidays (runs direct to Waunfawr instead of via the school)
Sat - Saturdays only     S+LSH - Saturdays also Llanrwst School Holidays
% - BEWARE whilst in theory it is possible to catch the 1812 "S2" at Penygwryd off the 1755 "S4" Sherpa from Beddgelert - as it is less than 5 minutes it is NOT recognised as a connection by the     TravelineCymru "Journey Planner," - but if you are QUICK and do make it,  you will get to Betws-y-Coed much earlier   - unfortunately this is yet another case of 'failed' integrated timetable planning      - if this causes you inconvenience or additional costs,  write/phone/email both the operator (Gwynfor Coaches - 01248 422 122) and Gwynedd/Conwy CCs and ask them to retime this "S2" journey later to RELIABLY connect  %% - if the "S2" arrives Betws-y-Coed slightly early,  it is sometimes just possible to catch the earlier 1510 "X19" journey to Llandudno at Betws-y-Coed - unfortunately this is yet another case of 'failed' integrated timetable planning     - if this also causes you inconvenience,  write/phone(01492 640 320)/email both the operator (Llew Jones) and Conwy CC and ask them to retime this journy later to connect
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 -\-- Black Cat --/- Llanrwst - Betws-y-Coed - Capel Curig - Pen-y-Pass --- Llanberis               \                     /                                   :                     |                         |                       |                     \--Conwy--/                                     :                   Llyn Ogwen           Beddgelert...Rhyd Ddu...Caernarfon                                                                       :                         |                     |                       :                                                                       :.........................................Porthmadog..................:
Sundays - 25th March 2018 until further notice (also Public Holidays Good Friday 30th March  Easter Monday 2nd April  Monday 7th May  Monday 28th May and Monday 27th August )
	Llew Jones					Llew Jones	Llew Jones								Llew Jones				Llew Jones
	19					19	X19								19				X19
Llandudno	no early Sunday connection	-				09.00	10.05			-					11.50	-			13.20		Llandudno
Llandudno Junction		-				09.16	10.21			-					12.06	-			13.36		Llandudno Junction
Conwy		-				09.20	|			-					12.10	-			|		Conwy
Llanrwst	08.20	-				10.05	10.47			-					12.45	-			14.02		Llanrwst
Betws-y-Coed	08.29	-				10.15	10.57			-					12.55	-			14.12		Betws-y-Coed
	Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva	Lloyds			/  /    |	Arriva	Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva	Gwynfor	Gwynfor		Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva		Gwynfor	Gwynfor
	S2	S4-S97$	88	T2				1	S2	S4-S97$	88	2G	S6		S2	S4-S97$	88		S2	S2
Betws-y-Coed	09.10	-	-	-		-	1057	-	11.10	-	-	-	-		13.40	-	-		14.40	15.48	Betws-y-Coed
Blaenau Ffestiniog	|	-	-	-		-	1122	1200	|	-	-	-	-		|	-	-		|	|	Blaenau Ffestiniog
Capel Curig	09.22	-	-	-		-	-	| | | | | | | | | | |	11.22	>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>			1225		13.52	-	-		14.52	16.00	Capel Curig
Llyn Ogwen	|	-	-	-		-	-		|	-	-	-	1235		|	-	-		|	|	Llyn Ogwen
Pen-y-Pass Snowdon	09.35	10.05	-	-		-	-		11.35	11.52	-	-	-		14.05	14.32	-		15.05	16.10	Pen-y-Pass Snowdon
Nant Gwynant Watkin	|	10.17	-	-		-	-		|	12.04	-	-	-		|	14.44	-		|	|	Nant Gwynant Watkin
Beddgelert  W H Rly	|	10.25 $	-	-		-	-		|	12.15 $	-	-	-		|	14.55 $	-		|	|	Beddgelert  W H Rly
Rhyd Ddu	|	1126b	-	-		-	-		|	1406b	-	-	-		|	1546b	-		|	|	Rhyd Ddu
Pont Aberglaslyn	|	10.29	-	-		-	-		|	1219	-	-	-		|	14.59	-		|	|	Pont Aberglaslyn
Porthmadog	|	10.45	>>>>>>	1105		-	-	1228	|	1235	>>>>>>	1325	-		|	15.15	-		|	|	Porthmadog
Llanberis	09.45	>>>>>>>>>>	1155	|		-	-	-	11.45	>>>>>>>>>>	1155	|	-		14.20	>>>>>>>>>>	1510		15.20	16.25	Llanberis
Caernarfon	-	-	1227	1150		-	-	-	-	-	1227	1408	-		-	-	1542		-	-	Caernarfon
09.10 - Sherpa journey     b - change at Beddgelert     $ - as there is less than 5 minutes at Beddgelert it is NOT recognised as a connection by the TravelineCymru "Journey Planner,"  -  however in reality these journeys are normally worked by the same bus
1105 --- 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 - 3rd June 2018 until further notice also Public Holiday Monday 27th August
										last Sherpa from Porthmadog to Betws-y-Coed													alternative later journeys via Caernarfon
	Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva	Gwynfor		Arriva	Gwynfor		Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva	Gwynfor		John's	Llew Jones		Gwynfor	Arriva	Gwynfor			Lloyds	Arriva	Arriva	Arriva	Arriva	Arriva	Arriva	Arriva
	S6	S97	S4	88	S2		88	S2		S97	S4	88	S2		1	X19		S4	88	S2			T2	5C-X5	88	5C-5	88	5C-5	5C-5	5C-5
Porthmadog	-	1340	-	-	-		-	-		1520	-	-	-		1640	-		-	-	-			1605	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Porthmadog
Pont Aberglaslyn	-	1353	-	-	-		-	-		1533	-	-	-		|	-		-	-	-			| | | via Pen-y Groes | | |	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pont Aberglaslyn
Caernarfon	-	|	-	1345	-		1345	-		|	-	1545	-		|	-		-	1545	-				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Caernarfon
Rhyd Ddu	-	|	14.06	| | via Llanrug | |	-		| | via Llanrug | |	-		|	15.46	| | via Llanrug | |	-		|	-		1641b	| | via Llanrug | |	-				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Rhyd Ddu
Beddgelert	-	1400	14.12		-			-		1520	15.32		-		|	-		17.45		-				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Beddgelert
Nant Gwynant Watkin	-	-	14.17		-			-		-	15.57		-		|	-		17.49		-				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Nant Gwynant Watkin
Blaenau Ffestiniog	-	-	|		-			-		-	|		-		1708	1740		|		-				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Blaenau Ffestiniog
Llanberis Joe Brown	-	-	|	1414	14.30		1414	15.30		-	|	1614	16.30		-	|		|	1614	17.50				-	1641	-	1811	-	-	-	Llanberis Joe Brown
Llanberis Interchange	-	-	|	1417	14.35		1417	15.35		-	|	1617	16.35		-	|		|	1617	17.55				-	1640	-	1810	-	-	-	Llanberis Interchange
Caernarfon	-	-	|	-	|		-	|		-	|	-	|		-	|		|	-	|			1650	1712	1712	1842	1842	1942	2042	2152	Caernarfon
Pen-y-Pass	-	-	14.32	>>>>>>	14.55		-	15.50		-	16.12	>>>>>>	16.50		-	|		18.05	>>>>>>	18.10			-	| | | | | via Bangor and Conwy | | | | |	-	| | | | | via Bangor and Conwy | | | | |	-	| | | | | via Bangor and Conwy | | | | |	| | | | | via Bangor and Conwy | | | | |	| | | | | via Bangor and Conwy | | | | |	Pen-y-Pass
Llyn Ogwen	1330	-	-	-	|		-	|		-	-	-	|		-	|		-	-	|			-		-		-				Llyn Ogwen
Capel Curig	1340	>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>			15.05		-	16.00		-	-	-	17.00		-	|		-	-	18.20			-		-		-				Capel Curig
Betws-y-Coed	-	-	-	-	15.17		-	16.12		-	-	-	17.12		-	1805		-	-	18.32 %			-		-		-				Betws-y-Coed
					Llew Jones			Llew Jones					Llew Jones			| |				Llew Jones	Llew Jones
					X19			19					X19			|				19	19
Betws-y-Coed	-				15.25		-	16.20		-			18.05		-	1805		-		18.40	21.50		-		-		-				Betws-y-Coed
Llanrwst	-				15.35		-	16.30		-			\      18.15           /					-		18.50	22.00		-		-		-				Llanrwst
Llandudno Junction	-				16.00		-	17.07		-			18.40					-		19.33	22.37		-	1827 f	-	1959	-	2059	2159	2314	Llandudno Junction
Llandudno	-				16.14		-	17.20		-			18.54					-		19.45	22.50		-	1845	-	2011	-	2111	2211	2326	Llandudno
14.06 - Sherpa journey     b - change at Beddgelert
1235 --- black - other connecting bus service
f --- calls at the "flyover stop (NOT the railway station)
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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