(BangorSnowdonia) Snowdon Sherpa - Bangor - Llanberis - Pen-y-Pass - Capel Curig - Llyn Ogwen (Tryfan) - Betws-y-Coed

IMPORTANT
    So far no official information had been made public for the summer timetable (which is expected, to again include the Easter weekend period - as the winter timetable is already shown to terminate on Friday 31st March)

    Based on previous years it is reasonable to assume the level of "S1" Sherpa services will again increase..........
..........although whether this will simply be reinstating the services suspended for the winter to give a basic hourly service - as outlined below - remains to be seen

    Summer 2022 was the first major re-cast of the Sherpa network for over two decades, so a further completely revised service so soon is unlikely but it is "hoped" at least some of the silly "near-miss" broken connection along the Conwy Valley at Betws-y-Coed with both the "S1" Sherpa to Snowdon and the "T10" TrawsCymru to Tryfan will be properly addressed or Comwy Council will deserve further criticism that a decent public transport alternative is not available - which resuted in far more cars driving all the way to Snowdonia than was desirable
Minor tweaks to odd journeys at the start of the winter period corrected the most critical times (at least on paper) by retarding the Sherpa departures slightly later to xx05 and the 11xx journey running later than pattern to re-instate the "traditional" connection off the morning train) for travel from the North Wales Coast and beyond --- at this stage the current revised (winter) Conwy Valley train and bus connections are shown as a guide throughout this website

    Currently only alternate "S1" journeys operate between Caernarfon and Llanberis and it is likely most if not all of these will again continue through to Betws-y-Coed via Pen-y-Pass with the

winter "S2" Sherpas from Bangor being again extended to Pen-y-Pass - similar to 2022 - for the summer to provide an enhanced service between Llanberis and Pen-y-Pass along the central "core" section of the Llanberis Pass (which also serves the large "Park and Ride" car park at Nant Peris)

    The connecting "S4" Sherpa from Pen-y-Pass to Beddgelert which are advertised to continue to Porthmadog as well as connecting into the "S3" Sherpa to Rhyd Ddu and Caernarfon was reduced to just two journeys a day for the winter (less than previous years), so providing additional summer journeys along the Nant Gwynant Pass which serves the start of the Watkin path (where car parking is totally insufficient for anyone wanting to climb that path) similar to summer 2022 has to be a likely priority - although to what level still remains remains to be seen

    National Holiday dates are listed at the top of each table and it is expected a Sunday service will again operate on these days

    This page will be updated with the details once the final service are announced - in the interim use the "boxed" notes" regarding the 'winter suspensions' and 'terminates at' as the best available guide as to the "sort of" services to expect

from the Menai Straits to the mountains of Snowdonia

"85" Bangor-Llanberis connections
Gwynfor "Sherpa"
"S2" Llanberis - Pen-y-Pass - Betws-y-Coed

Snowdon Sherpa Bus Timetables

unofficial website

Bangor
Deiniolen Caernarfon
Llanberis
Pen-y-Pass
Capel Curig Beddgelert
Betws-y-Coed Porthmadog

"S4" Pen-y-Pass - Beddgelert - Caernarfon
Gwynfor "Sherpa"
"S97" Beddgelert - Porthmadog

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

REMEMBER..........
Due to so many last-minute changes to the various services in the area, unfortunately many official websites (including the TravelineCymru "Journey Planner") continue to show journeys which have either been "CHANGED" or sometimes even "WITHDRAWN"
Where known, these are also included below as a warning - to help avoid you being caught out !!!

Please bookmark and revisit nearer the time to check if there have been any further known changes since your last visit to this page

Journeys shown on this website with a "strike through" line are still operating, BUT it is NO LONGER possible to get a (bus) connection back to the start location of the page - eg

~~1234~~

Throughout Snowdonia there are unfortunately numerous cases of "sub-standard" connections which are NOT recognised by the TravelineCymru "Journey Planner" (as they are less than 5 minutes) - eg

18.10 18.10

Although this website strongly adviises you NOT to 'chance' them..........
..........they are included to draw your attention to the fact that if everything is 'spot on time' and you are "very quick" - it can sometimes get you to your destination considerably earlier

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"

D R A F T

Snowdon Sherpa

Bangor --- Deiniolen --- Llanberis --- Pen-y-Pass -\- Capel Curig --- Betws-y-Coed
\
\__Beddgelert__Porthmadog

Mondays to Saturdays - 1st April to 28th October 2023
except Public Holidays Good Friday 7th April Easter Monday 10th April Early Spring Holiday Monday 1st May Coronation of King Charles Monday 8th May
Spring Holiday Monday 29th May and Late Summer Holiday Monday 28th August

see VERY important note above

NEW FOR Summer 2023 -- additional "S4" journeys operate through the Nant Gwynant Pass at weekends and during School Holidays - click here for full details

Click here for Mondays to Saturdays from 26th September 2022 until further notice
Click here for alternative "T10-S1" connecting journeys to Pen-y-Pass via the Ogwen Valley and Capel Curig
Click here for Sundays and Public Holidays

* * * STILL TO BE FULLY UPDATED

Sat

M-F

Sat

M-F

Sat

Gwynfor

Bangor Bus Station *

06.56

07.40

08.48

09.48

10.48

11.48

12.48

13.48

14.48

15.40

15.48

16.17

16.48

17.40

Bangor Bus Station *

Rhiwlas

08.08

10.16

12.16

14.16

16.08

16.16

18.08

Rhiwlas

Deiniolen

08.18

09.18

11.18

13.18

15.18

16.18

17.18

18.18

Deiniolen

Llanberis Joe Brown

07.32

08.32

09.32

10.32

11.32

12.32

13.32

14.32

15.32

16.32

17.02

17.32

18.32

Llanberis Joe Brown<

Llanberis Interchange

07.40

08.40

09.40

10.40

11.40

12.40

13.40

14.40

15.40

16.40

17.40

18.40

Llanberis Interchange

Nant Peris Car Park

07.45

08.45

09.45

10.45

11.45

12.45

13.45

14.45

15.45

16.45

17.45

18.45

Nant Peris Car Park

Pen-y-Pass (S)

07.55

08.55

09.55

10.55

11.55

12.55

13.55

14.55

15.55

16.55

17.55

18.55

Pen-y-Pass (S)

Gwynfor

Llanberis Joe Brown

0802

0902

1002

1102

1202

1302

1402

1502

1602

1702

1802

Llanberis Joe Brown

Pen-y-Pass

0830

0930

0935

1030

1130

1135

1230

1330

1335

1430

1530

1535

1630

1730

1830

1835

Pen-y-Pass

Capel Curig - for Tryfan

0839

0939

1039

1139

1239

1339

1439

1539

1639

1739

1839

Capel Curig - for Tryfan

Betws-y-Coed

0853

0953

1053

1153

1253

1353

1453

1553

1653

1753

1853

Betws-y-Coed

Nant Gwynant (S)

0946

1146

1346

1546

1846

Nant Gwynant (S)

Beddgelert

0957

1157

1357

1557

1857

Beddgelert

Rhyd Ddu (S)

1010b

1210b

1410b

1610b

1910b

Rhyd Ddu (S)

Porthmadog

1025

1225

1425

1625

1925

Porthmadog

07.40 - Sherpa journey (S) - Sherpa stop for one of the many official tracks up Snowdon
* - all "S2" journeys from Bangor Bus Station also call on the main road outside Bangor Railway Station (stop H) three minutes later

M-F - Mondays to Fridays only Sat - Saturdays only

b - change Sherpas at Beddgelert - connection departs EIGHT minutes earlier from across the road (outside the Tourist Office)

latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd CC website and any subsequent amendments thereto

Snowdon Sherpa

Porthmadog__Beddgelert__
\
Llanrwst --- Betws-y-Coed --- Capel Curig -\- Pen-y-Pass --- Llanberis --- Deiniolen --- Bangor

/|\
|
Llyn Ogwen

P R O V I S I O N A L
see VERY important note above

Click here for Mondays to Saturdays from 26th September 2022 until further notice
Click here for alternative "S1-T10" connecting journeys from Pen-y-Pass via Capel Curig and the Ogwen Valley
Click here for Sundays and Public Holidays

REMEMBER - the last weekday "S2" Sherpa from Pen-y-Pass WITH A DIRECT CONNECTION BACK TO BANGOR departs at 1800
and there is also a later connection via Caernarfon at 1930

* * * STILL TO BE FULLY UPDATED

* * * It is EXPECTED the "S2" service will again be revised to provide a "half-hourly" service between Llanberis and Pen-y-Pass alternating with the Sherpa "S1"
At this stage the timings below ASSUME they will revert to similar to Summer 2022

Sat

Gwynfor

Porthmadog

0830

1030

1230

1430

1730

Porthmadog

Rhyd Ddu (S)

0841b

1041b

1241b

1441b

Rhyd Ddu (S)

Beddgelert

0858

1058

1258

1458

1758

>>>>>>>>>>>

1902

Beddgelert

Nant Gwynant - Watkin (S)

0903

1103

1303

1503

1803

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Nant Gwynant - Watkin (S)

Betws-y-Coed

0805

0905

1005

1106

1205

1305

1405

1505

1605

1705

1805

1905

Betws-y-Coed

Capel Curig - from Tryfan

0817

0917

1017

1118

1217

1317

1417

1517

1617

1717

1817

1917

Capel Curig - from Tryfan

Pen-y-Pass

0825

0920

0925

1025

1120

1125

1225

1320

1325

1425

1520

1525

1625

1725

1820

1830

1930

Pen-y-Pass

Llanberis

0850

0950

1050

1150

1250

1350

1450

1550

1650

1750

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Llanberis

Gwynfor

Arriva

Pen-y-Pass (S)

08.00

09.00

10.00

11.00

12.00

13.00

14.00

15.00

16.00

17.00

18.00

1830

1930

Pen-y-Pass (S)

Nant Peris Car Park

08.10

09.10

10.10

11.10

12.10

13.10

14.10

15.10

16.10

17.10

18.10

1840

1940

Nant Peris Car Park

Llanberis Maes Padarn

08.20

09.20

10.20

11.20

12.20

13.20

14.20

15.20

16.20

17.20

18.20

1850

1950

Llanberis Maes Padarn

Deiniolen

08.36

09.36

10.36

12.36

14.36

16.36

17.36

18.36

Deiniolen

Rhiwlas

08.48

09.48

10.48

12.48

14.48

16.48

17.48

18.48

Rhiwlas

Caernarfon

1923

1930

1937

2015

1923

2115

Caernarfon

Bangor Bus Station *

09.18

10.18

11.18

12.03

13.19

14.03

15.18

16.03

17.18

18.18

19.18

2000

2045

2145

Bangor Bus Station *

09.00 - Sherpa journey (S) - Sherpa stop for one of the many official tracks up Snowdon
* - all "S1" Sherpa journeys to Bangor Bus Station also call on the main road outside Bangor Railway Station three minutes earlier

Sat - Saturdays only

b - change Sherpas at Beddgelert - connection departs from across the road (outside the Tourist Office)

latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd CC website and any subsequent amendments thereto

Snowdon Sherpa

Bangor --- Deiniolen --- Llanberis --- Pen-y-Pass -\- Capel Curig --- Betws-y-Coed
\
\__Beddgelert__Porthmadog

DRAFT Sundays - 2nd April 2023 until further notice
also Public Holidays Good Friday 7th April Easter Monday 10th April Early Spring Holiday Monday 1st May Coronation of King Charles Monday 8th May
Spring Holiday Monday 29th May and Late Summer Holiday Monday 28th August

P R O V I S I O N A L
see VERY important note above

Click here for Sundays from 2nd October 2022 until further notice
Click here for alternative "T10-S1" connecting journeys to Pen-y-Pass via the Ogwen Valley and Capel Curig

* * * STILL TO BE FULLY UPDATED

Gwynfor

~~Gwynfor~~

Bangor Bus Station *

07.00

07.40

08.40

09.55

10.40

11.55

12.40

13.55

14.40

15.55

16.40

~~17.40~~

Bangor Bus Station *

Rhiwlas

08.07

09.07

11.07

13.07

15.07

17.07

~~18.07~~

Rhiwlas

Deiniolen

08.17

09.17

11.17

13.17

15.17

17.17

~~18.17~~

Deiniolen

Llanberis Interchange

07.32

08.32

09.320

10.32

11.32

12.32

13.32

14.32

15.32

16.32

17.32

~~18.32~~

Llanberis Interchange

07.40

08.40

09.40

10.40

11.40

12.40

13.40

14.40

15.40

16.40

17.40

~~18.35~~

Llanberis Interchange

Nant Peris Car Park

07.45

08.45

09.45

10.45

11.45

12.45

13.45

14.45

15.45

16.45

17.45

terminates
at
Llanberis

(no onward
connect
-ions)

click here for a later connect
-ion via
the Ogwen Valley and Capel Curig

Nant Peris Car Park

Pen-y-Pass (S)

07.55

08.55

09.55

10.55

11.55

12.55

13.55

14.55

15.55

16.55

17.55

Pen-y-Pass (S)

Gwynfor

Llanberis Joe Brown

0802

0902

1002

1102

1202

1302

1402

1502

1602

1702

1802

Llanberis Joe Brown

Pen-y-Pass

0830

0930

0935

1030

1130

1230

1330

1335

1430

1530

1630

1730

1735

1830

Pen-y-Pass

Capel Curig - for Tryfan

0838

0938

1038

1138

1238

1338

1438

1538

1638

1738

1838

Capel Curig - for Tryfan

Betws-y-Coed

0853

0953

1053

1153

1253

1353

1453

1553

1653

1753

1853

Betws-y-Coed

Nant Gwynant (S)

0946

1346

1746

Nant Gwynant (S)

Beddgelert

0957

1357

1757

Beddgelert

Rhyd Ddu (S)

1010b

1410b

1910b

Rhyd Ddu (S)

Porthmadog

1125b

1525b

1825

Porthmadog

07.40 - Sherpa journey (S) - Sherpa stop for one of the many official tracks up Snowdon
* - all "S2" Sherpa journeys from Bangor Bus Station also call on the main road outside Bangor Railway Station (stop H) three minutes later

b - change Sherpas at Beddgelert - connection departs EIGHT minutes earlier from across the road (outside the Tourist Office)

latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd CC website and any subsequent amendments thereto

Snowdon Sherpa

Porthmadog__Beddgelert__
\
Llanrwst --- Betws-y-Coed --- Capel Curig -\- Pen-y-Pass --- Llanberis --- Deiniolen --- Bangor

/|\
|
Llyn Ogwen

P R O V I S I O N A L
see VERY important note above

Click here for Sundays from 2nd October 2022 until further notice
Click here for alternative "S1-T10" connecting journeys from Pen-y-Pass via Capel Curig and the Ogwen Valley

REMEMBER - the last weekday "S2" Sherpa from Pen-y-Pass WITH A DIRECT CONNECTION BACK TO BANGOR departs at 1800
and there is also a later connection via Caernarfon at 1930

* * * STILL TO BE FULLY UPDATED

Gwynfor

Porthmadog

0830

1130b

1530b

Porthmadog

Rhyd Ddu (S)

0841b

1241b

1641b

Rhyd Ddu (S)

Beddgelert

0858

1258

1658

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1902

Beddgelert

Nant Gwynant - Watkin (S)

0903

1303

1703

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Nant Gwynant - Watkin (S)

Betws-y-Coed

0805

0905

1005

1108

1205

1305

1405

1505

1605

1705

1805

1905

Betws-y-Coed

Capel Curig - from Tryfan

0817

0917

1017

1120

1217

1317

1417

1517

1616

1717

1817

1917

Capel Curig - from Tryfan

Pen-y-Pass

0825

0920

0925

1025

1125

1225

1320

1325

1425

1525

1625

1720

1725

1830

1939

Pen-y-Pass

Llanberis

0850

0950

1050

1150

1250

1350

1450

1550

1650

1750

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1950

Llanberis

Gwynfor

Arriva

Pen-y-Pass (S)

08.00

09.00

10.00

11.00

12.00

13.00

14.00

15.00

16.00

17.00

18.00

1830

1930

Pen-y-Pass (S)

Nant Peris Car Park

08.10

09.10

10.10

11.10

12.10

13.10

14.10

15.10

16.10

17.10

18.10

1840

1940

Nant Peris Car Park

Llanberis Maes Padarn

08.20

09.20

10.20

11.20

12.20

13.20

14.20

15.20

16.20

17.20

18.20

1850

1950

Llanberis Maes Padarn

Deiniolen

08.36

09.36

10.36

12.36

14.36

16.36

17.36

18.36

Deiniolen

Rhiwlas

08.48

09.48

10.48

12.48

14.48

16.48

17.48

18.48

Rhiwlas

Caernarfon

1923

1940

1937

2010

2023

2040

Caernarfon

Bangor Bus Station *

09.18

10.18

11.18

12.03

13.19

14.03

15.18

16.03

17.18

18.18

19.18

2011

2041

2111

Bangor Bus Station *

09.00 - Sherpa journey (S) - Sherpa stop for one of the many official tracks up Snowdon
* - all "S2" Sherpa journeys to Bangor Bus Station also call on the main road outside Bangor Railway Station three minutes earlier

b - change Sherpas at Beddgelert - connection departs from across the road (outside the Tourist Office)

latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd CC website and any subsequent amendments thereto

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Bangor - Snowdonia (via Llanberis)
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Bethesda - Capel Curig - Betws-y-Coed
Bethesda - Capel Curig - Llanberis
Betws-y-Coed - Capel Curig - Bethesda
Betws-y-Coed - Pen-y-Pass - Llanberis - Caernarfon
Betws-y-Coed - Llandudno (connections)
Betws-y-Coed - Pen-y-Pass - Porthmadog
Caernarfon - Llanberis - Pen-y-Pass - Betws-y-Coed
Caernarfon/Porthmadog - Beddgelert - Llanberis
Caernarfon - Beddgelert - Porthmadog
Llanberis Pass --- Park and Ride
Llanberis - Capel Curig - Bethesda
Llanberis - Pen-y-Pass - Betws-y-Coed
Llanberis - Beddgelert - Caernarfon/Porthmadog
Llandudno/Colwyn Bay - Betws-y-Coed (connections)
Llandudno - Snowdonia (via Betws-y-Coed)
Porthmadog - Beddgelert - Caernarfon
Porthmadog/Caernarfon - Beddgelert - Llanberis
Porthmadog - Pen-y-Pass - Betws-y-Coed
Pwllheli - Snowdonia (via Porthmadog)
Snowdonia - Bangor (via Llanberis)
Snowdonia - Barmouth (via Porthmadog)
Snowdonia - Llandudno (via Betws-y-Coed or Caernarfon)
Snowdonia - Pwllheli (via Porthmadog)

Later non-Sherpa weekday journeys from......
Beddgelert area to Llandudno/Conwy Valley
Pen-y-Pass area to Llandudno/Conwy Valley
Porthmadog area to Llandudno/Conwy Valley
Beddgelert area to Llanberis
Porthmadog area to Llanberis
Llanberis area to Porthmadog area

Later non-Sherpa Sunday journeys from......
Beddgelert area to Llandudno/Conwy Valley
Pen-y-Pass area to Llandudno/Conwy Valley
Porthmadog area to Llandudno/Conwy Valley
Beddgelert area to Llanberis
Porthmadog area to Llanberis
Llanberis area to Porthmadog area

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