VERY IMPORTANT NOTE --- MOST NON-SHERPA CONNECTING JOURNEYS WHICH WERE SUSPENDED DURING THE SEVERE CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS PERIOD HAVE RE-COMMENCED (the majority from Monday 12th April 2021) The extra summer "S2" journeys which were withdrawn for winter 2020-2021 are re-instated in virtually the same times.......... ..........the two former "School Days Only" extensions to/from Llanrwst will in future apply DAILY to improve connections from/to Llandudno but the 1730 journey from Betws-y-Coed is cut short at Llanberis (instead of continuing to Caernarfon) The section of route between Pen-y-Pass and Beddgelert is re-instated BUT REVERTS TO THE OLD ROUTE NUMBER "S4" (rather than "S97" as immediately prior to the Coronavirus restrictions) The former extra early and late summer afternoon journeys through the Nant Gwynant Pass are to again operate BUT NOTE SPECIALLY the last weekday journey from Pen-y-Pass (at 1810) continues to Caernarfon rather than Porthmadog Extra Summer Only "S1" 'Park and Ride' journeys between Llanberis and Pen-y-Pass are re-instated for the summer to augment the basic "S2" journeys (service level varies to meet traffic demand) The Weekend only "S6" Sherpa between Bangor and Pen-y-Pass via Llyn Ogwen (for Tryfan) re-commenced with extra journeys operating " during School Holiday weekends "

Snowdon Sherpa Bus Timetables

unofficial website

REMEMBER..........     Unfortunately,  many official websites (including the TravelineCymru "Journey Planner") continue to show journeys which have either been "WITHDRAWN" or are currently "SUSPENDED"     These are also included below as a warning - to help you avoid being caught out !!!     Please bookmark this page and revisit nearer the time to see if there have been any changes or further SUSPENSIONS from the limited official information when this page was last updated     Any journey shown on all pages on this website with a "strike through" line is still be operating,  BUT it is NO LONGER possible to get a connection back to the start location of this page - eg  1234  This "unofficial" website attempts to show what is available and to encourage greater also use includes some suggested "trips round Snowdonia - without your car"

Sundays - 18th April 2021  until further notice also Public Holidays Early Spring Weekend Monday 3rd May  Late Spring Weekend Monday 31st May and Late Summer Weekend Monday 29th August
see important note above
click here for alternative Monday to Saturday evening journeys
Make sure you are down from the mountain in time !!!
BEWARE.............. The last direct Sunday and Public Holiday connecting Sherpa to Betws-y-Coed-Llanrwst-Conwy-Llandudno from Pen-y-Pass departs at 1810 in the summer (starts Llanberis Joe Brown at 1750)
Don't Dispair     In the unlikely event you are unfortunate enough to miss the 1810 direct "S2" Sherpa from Pen-y-Pass  - there is a later S2" Sherpa from Pen-y-Pass 1905 to Caernarfon via Llanberis,  with onward connections via Bangor     "Red Rover day tickets" are valid on these alternative BUS routes back to Llandudno or Llanrwst/Betws-y-Coed
	last direct return Sherpa services							alternative later return services via Llanberis
										last direct connection via Bangor					last alternative service back to Colwyn Bay, Llanrwst and Betws-y-Coed
															also Chester
	Gwynfor	Llew Jones		Gwynfor	Llew Jones	Llew Jones		Dilwyns		Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Gwynfor	Arriva		Gwynfor	Arriva	Arriva	T for Wales	T for Wales	Llew Jones		Arriva	Gwynfor	Arriva	Arriva	Llew Jones
	S2	X19		S2	19	19		88		S2	S2	85	5		S2	5C-5*	12	train	train	19		5C-5*	S2	5C-5*	12	19
Capel Curig	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-	-	-		17.42	-	-	-	-	-		-	18.52	-	-	-	Capel Curig
Pen-y-Pass	16.50	-		18.10	-	-		-		16.10	17.05	-	-		17.55	-	-	-	-	-		-	19.05	-	-	-	Pen-y-Pass
Capel Curig	17.00	-		18.20	-	-		last "88" of the day		|	|	last "85" of the day	-		|	-	-	-	-	-		-	|	-	-	-	Capel Curig
Betws-y-Coed	17.12	1805		18.32	1840	2150				|	|		-		|	-	-	-	-	-		-	|	-	-	-	Betws-y-Coed
Llanrwst	-	1815		-	1850	2200		-		|	|	-	-		|	-	-	-	-	-		-	|	-	-	-	Llanrwst
Llanberis	-	|		-	|	|		1430		16.25	17.20	1730	-		18.10	-	-	-	-	-		-	19.20	-	-	-	Llanberis
Caernarfon	-	|		-	|	|		1453		-	-	|	-		18.32	1855	-	-	-	-		1942 #	19.42	2042	-	-	Caernarfon
Bangor	-	|		-	|	|		-		-	-	1825	1837		-	1927	>>>>>>	2015	-	-		2015	-	2115	-	-	Bangor
Conwy	-	|		-	1920	2233		-		-	-	-	1921		-	2008	>>>>>>	2034	>>>>>>	2100 M		2056	-	2156	>>>>>>	2304 M	Conwy
Llandudno Junction flyover	-	|		-	|	|		-		-	-	-	1924f		-	2011f	-	|	-	|		2059f	-	2159f	-	|	Llandudno Junction flyover
Llandudno Junction station	-	1843		-	1924	2237		-		-	-	-	|		-	|	-	2041	2126	|		|	-	|	-	|	Llandudno Junction station
Craig-y-Don	-	|		-	|	|		-		-	-	-	1934		-	2021	2037	|	|	|		2109	-	2209	-	|	Craig-y-Don
Llandudno	-	1858		-	1938	2250		-		-	-	-	1943		-	2030	|	|	2136	|		2118	-	2218	2230	|	Llandudno
Llanrwst	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-	-	-		-	-	|	|	-	2135		-	-	-	|	2335	Llanrwst
Betws-y-Coed	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-	-	-		-	-	|	|	-	21R45		-	-	-	|	23R45	Betws-y-Coed
Colwyn Bay	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-	-	-		-	-	2055	2047	-	-		-	-	-	2255	-	Colwyn Bay
Chester	-	-		-	-	-		-		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	2136	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	Chester
16.50 - Sherpa journey
* - normally worked by the same "through" bus
# - as this is less than five 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 is sometimes just possible to catch the previous "5C-5" journey - getting you back to Llandudno much earlier
M - departs from stop "M" outside Conwy railway station (also one minute later from Mount Pleasant stop) - alight off the "5" at "Town Ditch" stop     and walk under the arch across the road to the railway station     R - extends to Betws-y-Coed on request to the driver at or before Llanrwst
latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official Gwynedd CC website or official Conwy CC website and any subsequent amendments thereto

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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	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
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