IMPORTANT Update - 18.11.21     Following a revised offer,  it has been announced the Arriva "strike" will be suspended from Friday 19th November,  pending a further ballot on Sunday 5th December which could possibly change things from the following week     Most,  if not all,  of the Arriva connecting journeys shown below against a "light-grey" background are currently operating     Arriva have announced that due to a dispute with their drivers ALL ARRIVA connecting BUSES IN NORTH WALES ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL 19th DECEMBER *     It is understood that other BUS services in North Wales (including all Winter Sherpa journeys) are running to their normal winter times - confirm direct with the operator/s concerned for their latest information     Passengers from Chester and the North Wales Coast Resorts are advised to travel to Llandudno Junction or Betws-y-Coed or Bangor  by train to join and return from the Sherpa Bus Network or other locally run bus connections     * this MAY be subject to short notice change - watch this space.....     1st November 2021     Gwynfor announced changes to the Sherpa timetables for Winter 2021-2022     Basically the "S2" reverted to a 'one bus' operation similar to last winter,  BUT some journeys run slightly EARLIER than during the summer.  However the "S4" and "S97" services have been re-cast (still making limited connections at Pen-y-Pass),  whilst the "S1" and "S6" services have again been "suspended" for the winter.......... .........see below for the latest known information also updated other pages on this website     In view of the late official information - at one time Operators were legally required to give at least 56 days notice of any change - ANY PAGE ON THIS WEBSITE DATED BEFORE 29th OCTOBER SHOULD BE REGARDED AS "STILL TO BE FULLY UPDATED"     Please bookmark this page NOW to see if any further information has been made public - using the date below as a quick guide to check if this page has been amended since your last visit

former morning Coach to   Llyn Ogwen and Bangor via Capel Curig   Gwynfor "S4" connection to Beddgelert       Snowdon Sherpa Bus Timetables unofficial website Llandudno     Bangor      Llanrwst     Bethesda Betws-y-Coed     Llyn Ogwen   Capel Curig / Llyn Ogwen     Pen-y-Pass    Bethesda     Llanberis         Bangor     Beddgelert               summer weekends   Gwynfor "S6" (Pen-y-Pass) - Capel Curig     Llyn Ogwen* - Bethesda - Bangor     (* - for footpath to Tryfan)   Gwynfor "S2" to Betws-y-Coed

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      Thrughout 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 11.01 11.00     Although this website strongly advises 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"

llwbr OGWEN route				Snowdon Sherpa				llwbr OGWEN route
..... footpath *.......Tryfan                     :                                 : Llanrwst - Betws-y-Coed - Capel Curig - Llyn Ogwen - Bethesda - Bangor |                  Pen-y-Pass - Llanberis          * - There is a footpath between Capel Curig and Llyn Ogwen  (starts from beside the toilet block behind the cafe/shop)  which avoids the busy, narrow A5 road use it for your own safety when there is no Sherpa !
Mondays to Saturdays - 1st November 2021  until further notice except Christmas Monday 27th December and New Year Monday 3rd January NO service on Christmas Day,  Boxing Day or New Year's Day
see VERY important note above
Click here for Sundays
daily   Llew Jones Gwynfor Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Gwynfor Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones   SH Sat       Sat   19 S6 19 T10 T19 T10 19 S2* S6 T19 T10 T10 T10 T10 Llandudno  # - - 0745 - 0905 - 0945 - - 1150 - - - - Llandudno  # Llanrwst  # 0715 - 0845 - 0945 - 1050 - - 1240 - - - - Llanrwst  # Betws-y-Coed 0725 no 0750 Sherpa in the winter expected to be reinstated in the summer 0855 09.01 0950 11.01 1100 11.10 - 1250 13.01 15.01 17.01 19.01 Betws-y-Coed Capel Curig - - 09.13 - 11.13 - 11.22 no 1209 Sherpa in the winter - 13.13 15.13 17.13 19.13 Capel Curig Llyn Ogwen Car Park  (T) - - 09.21 - 11.21 - - - 13.21 15.21 17.21 19.21 Llyn Ogwen Car Park  (T) Bethesda - - 09.29 - 11.29 - - - 13.29 15.29 17.29 19.29 Bethesda Bangor Bus Station - - 09.46 - 11.46 - - - 13.46 15.46 17.46 19.46 Bangor Bus Station Bangor Railway Station - - 09.51 - 11.51 - - - - 13.51 15.51 17.51 19.51 Bangor Railway Station
Sat - Saturdays only     SH Sat - School Holiday Saturdays only
(T) - Sherpa stop for start of path up Tryfan     # - click here for details of connecting journeys from Llandudno and Llanrwst
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 OGWEN route				Snowdon Sherpa					llwbr OGWEN route
Tryfan.......... footpath * ........                                :                                      :                          Bangor - Bethesda - Llyn Ogwen - Capel Curig - Betws-y-Coed - Llanrwst                |   Llanberis - Pen-y-Pass * - There is a footpath between Llyn Ogwen and Capel Curig  (starts from beside the toilet block behind the cafe/shop)  which avoids the busy, narrow A5 road use it for your own safety when there is no bus !
Mondays to Saturdays - 1st November 2021  until further notice except Christmas Monday 27th December and New Year Monday 3rd January NO service on Christmas Day,  Boxing Day or New Year's Day
see VERY important note above
Click here for Sundays
daily   Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones T for Wales Llew Jones K and P Arriva Llew Jones                   T10 T10 T10 T19 T10 19 T19 T10 train T10 T10 5 19 Bangor Railway Station 08.23 10.23 12.23 - 14.23 - - 16.23 - 18.23 - - - Bangor Railway Station Bangor Bus Station 08.28 10.28 12.28 - 14.28 - - 16.28 - 18.28 - - - Bangor Bus Station Bethesda 08.45 10.45 12.45 - 14.45 - - 16.45 - 18.45 - - - Bethesda Llyn Ogwen Car Park (T) 08.53 10.53 12.53 - 14.53 - - 16.53 - 18.53 1921 --- 1921 - - Llyn Ogwen Car Park (T) Capel Curig 09.01 11.01 13.01 - 15.01 - - 17.01 -  19.01  /|\ | 1901 | | | \|/ - - Capel Curig Betws-y-Coed 09.15 11.15 13.15 1345 15.15 1525 1715 * 17.15 * 1802  19.15  - 1940 bus SUSP -ENDED Betws-y-Coed Llanrwst # - - - 1355 - 1545 1725 - 1806 - - - Llanrwst # Bangor - - - | - | | - | - - 1946 2005 Bangor Llandudno # - - - 1443 - %% 1810 - 1851 - - - 2112 Llandudno # 08.15 - Sherpa journey     * - the "S6" Sherpa destination is Pen-y-Pass     Sat - Saturdays only       %% - operates direct to Llandrillo College on Mondays to Thursdays during College Term, returning via Llandudno arrive 1715     --- on other dates operates direct to Llandudno arrive 1640     $ - according to the Gwynedd 'CC website - Summer Holiday Weekends means..........     .........." operates during school holidays and Bank Holidays: (April 10 and 11; May 1, 2 and 3; May 29, 30 and 31; June 5 and 6; every Saturday and Sunday from 17 July) "     (T) - Sherpa stop for start of path up Tryfan     # - click here for details of connecting journeys to Llanrwst and Llandudno     * - whilst in theory it is just possible to catch the earlier 1715 "T19" journey from Betws-y-Coed     - as it is less than 5 minutes,   it is NOT recognised as a connection by the TravelineCymru "Journey Planner"..........but if everything is spot on time and you are quick,  it will get you to Llanrwst or Llandudno VERY much earlier     All it needs is the 1650 ex-Blaenau Ffestiniog to depart Betws-y-Coed slightly later (as it did until Saturday 29th August 2020)     ..........unfortunately this is PROBABLY THE WORST EXAMPLE of 'FAILED' INTEGRATED TIMETABLE PLANNING IN SNOWDONIA     (if you miss it,  either change to the 1802 train at Betws-y-Coed  (IF your ticket is valid) or wait TWO AND A HALF HOURS for the next "19" bus - which this year has been retimed from 1840 even LATER !)      - if this causes you inconvenience or additional costs,  write/phone/email the operator (Llew Jones - 01492 640 320),  Conwy CC and/or TrawsCymru and ask them to retime the 1715 "T19" journey slightly later to RELIABLY 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     BEWARE - many bus stop displays have NOT yet been updated   -   also buses have been "observed" passing INTERMEDIATE locations considerably earlier than some official "gestimates" - you are stongly advised to arrive at least FIVE minutes before the advertised intermediate times

llwbr OGWEN route				Snowdon Sherpa				llwbr OGWEN route
..... footpath *.......Tryfan                     :                                 : Llanrwst - Betws-y-Coed - Capel Curig - Llyn Ogwen - Bethesda - Bangor |                  Pen-y-Pass - Llanberis          * - There is a footpath between Capel Curig and Llyn Ogwen  (starts from beside the toilet block behind the cafe/shop)  which avoids the busy, narrow A5 road use it for your own safety when there is no Sherpa !
Sundays - 7th November 2021  until further notice also Christmas Monday 27th December and New Year Monday 3rd January NO service on Christmas Day,  Boxing Day or New Year's Day
see VERY important note above The "S2" Sherpa journeys at 1010, 1210, 1440, 1640 and 1840 from Betws-y-Coed are re-instated for the summer period
Llew Jones Llew Jones   Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones   Llew Jones   Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones   Llew Jones   Llew Jones               19 T10 T19 19 T10 T10 T19 19 T10 T10 T10 Llandudno  # - - 0900 0945 - - 1210 1240 - - - Llandudno  # Llanrwst  # 0820 - 0940 1040 - - 1250 1335 - - - Llanrwst  # Betws-y-Coed 0830 no 0901 TrawsCymru coach in the winter expected to be reinstated in the summer 0950 1050 11.01 no 1301 TrawsCymru coach in the winter expected to be reinstated in the summer 1300 1345 15.01 no 1701 TrawsCymru coach in the winter expected to be reinstated in the summer 19.01 Betws-y-Coed Capel Curig - - - 11.13 - - 15.13 19.13 Capel Curig Llyn Ogwen Car Park  (T) - - - 11.21 - - 15.21 19.21 Llyn Ogwen Car Park  (T) Bethesda - - - 11.29 - - 15.29 19.29 Bethesda Bangor Bus Station - - - 11.46 - - 15.46 19.46 Bangor Bus Station Bangor Railway Station - - - 11.51 - - 15.51 19.51 Bangor Railway Station
08.55 - Sherpa journey     * - the "S2" Sherpa starts from "platform 2" which is outside Betws-y-Coed railway station     and also picks up on the main road at the church,  the bridge and the pottery,  then Swallow Falls and Capel Curig --- Sherpa destination is Llanberis
(T) - Sherpa stop for start of path up Tryfan     # - click here for details of connecting journeys from Llandudno and Llanrwst
latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd CC or Conwy CC websites  and any subsequent amendments thereto
BEWARE - many bus stop displays have NOT yet been updated   -   also buses have been "observed" passing INTERMEDIATE locations considerably earlier than some official "gestimates" - you are stongly advised to arrive at least FIVE minutes before the advertised intermediate times

llwbr OGWEN route				Snowdon Sherpa				llwbr OGWEN route
Tryfan.......... footpath * ........                                :                                      :                          Bangor - Bethesda - Llyn Ogwen - Capel Curig - Betws-y-Coed - Llanrwst                |   Llanberis - Pen-y-Pass * - There is a footpath between Llyn Ogwen and Capel Curig  (starts from beside the toilet block behind the cafe/shop)  which avoids the busy, narrow A5 road use it for your own safety when there is no bus !
Sundays - 7th November 2021  until further notice also Christmas Monday 27th December and New Year Monday 3rd January NO service on Christmas Day,  Boxing Day or New Year's Day
see VERY important note above The "S2" Sherpa journeys at 0935, 1135, 1405, 1600 and 1820 from Capel Curig are re-instated for the summer period
Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Llew Jones Arriva T for Wales Llew Jones   T10 T10 T10 T19 T10 T19 T10 T19 19 T10 T10 5 train 19 Bangor Railway Station 08.23 no 1023 TrawsCymru coach in the winter expected to be reinstated in the summer 12.23 - no 1423 TrawsCymru coach in the winter expected to be reinstated in the summer - 16.23 - - no 1823 TrawsCymru coach in the winter expected to be reinstated in the summer - - - - Bangor Railway Station Bangor Bus Station 08.28 12.28 - - 16.28 - - - - - - Bangor Bus Station Bethesda 08.45 12.45 - - 16.45 - - - - - - Bethesda Llyn Ogwen Car Park (T) 08.53 12.53 - - 16.53 - - 1921 --- 1921 - - - Llyn Ogwen Car Park (T) Capel Curig 09.01 13.01 - - 17.01 - - /|\ | 1901 | | | \|/ - - - Capel Curig Betws-y-Coed 09.15 13.15 1355 1705 17.15 1735 1840 bus SUSP -ENDED >>>>> 2047 2150 bus SUSP -ENDED Betws-y-Coed Llanrwst # - - - 1405 - 1715 - 1745 - - - 2053 Llanrwst # Bangor - - - | - | - 1745 - - 1946 2005 | Bangor Llandudno # - - - 1445 - 1755 - 1835 - - 2112 2135 Llandudno # (T) - Sherpa stop for start of path up Tryfan     # - click here for details of connecting journeys to Llanrwst and Llandudno       latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd CC or Conwy CC websites  and any subsequent amendments thereto     BEWARE - many bus stop displays have NOT yet been updated   -   also buses have been "observed" passing INTERMEDIATE locations considerably earlier than some official "gestimates" - you are stongly advised to arrive at least FIVE minutes before the advertised intermediate times

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	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 Betws-y-Coed 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 Betws-y-Coed area to Llanberis Porthmadog area to Llanberis Llanberis area to Porthmadog area
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