UPDATE..... Saturday 28th March 2026
The level of Sherpa service on routes "S1" "S2" "S3" and "S4"
increases to a similar
level to last summer, with minor retimings ---
the "S5" "shuttle" to Pen-y-Pass is reinstated for the summer
The level of Traws-Cynru service on route "T10" through the Ogwen pass
is also to increase to a similar level to last summer Sunday 17th May 2026
Minor changes to train services of the Conwy Valley and North Wales Coast railway lines Click here
for the latest information
SUMMER SUNDAY TRIPS by RAIL
and SNOWDON SHERPA via Betws-y-Coed
Transport for Wales Conwy Valley Line train
Arriva earlier morning "12" connection
from Chester Prestatyn Rhyl Colwyn Bay Llandudno to Pen-y-Pass Llanberis Beddgelert Aberglaslyn Porthmadog
Timings are shown below and it can all be done
for just..........
£15.60 from Llandudno/Colwyn Bay/Abergele - 2 zones* ("C/G") £26.60 from Rhyl/Prestatyn - 3 zones* ("D/C/G") £42.00 from Chester/Shotton/Flint - all zones* - all zones *)
using the "North Wales Day Rover"which includes the "whole of the Sherpa Network"
purchase at your first station or from the driver of your first connnecting bus
(* - a discount is available for a "railcard" holder if booked at a station)
LATEST..........
All the regular "S1" connecting Sherpa services are operated by
'Gwynfor Coaches' and run every day throughout the year #
providing direct connections to ....... Caernarfon via
Pen-y-Pass
- (start of the main tracks up Snowdon)
and Llanberis also more limited "S4" Sherpa connections at Pen-y-Pass
to Beddgelert
(for "S3"
connections to Caernarfon) andPorthmadog
# - except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day
"Trips round Snowdonia - without your car"
from North Wales Coast Railway Stations
out and return via the Conwy Valley Line and Betws-y-Coed
(the "Gateway to Snowdonia")
Purchase a "North Wales Day Rover" ticket
to cover all trains and local buses (including the Sherpa and TrawsCymru journeys)
at your first railway station
Llyn Gwynant Snowdon and Twin Lakes
Llanberis Pass
Capel Curig and Twin lakes Nant Gwynant Pass
Aberglaslyn Pass
Suggested Sherpa itineraries
latest bus times should be confirmed from the individual timetables on the official
Gwynedd CC website
Click
here
for a selection of trips round Snowdonia from Betws-y-Coed station
(exit station and turn right to the "Platform 2" bus stop at the layby)
Passengers already holding a "North Wales Day Rover"
can travel free on all the Sherpa and TrawsCymru connecting buses
Anyone without a combined train/bus ticket should purchase a £7.00
"1 bws" (one bus) day ticket"
to cover ALL bus journeys from the driver of your first bus
11.03 - Sherpa journey
1422 - Sherpa connectionc - connection via Caernarfon g - change from S3 sherpa to S4 Sherpa at Beddgelert p - connection via Pen-y-Pass
b - cvonnecting journey by Arriva bus
latest times should always be confirmed from the individual timetables on the
official Gwynedd CCorConwy
CC websites and any subsequent amendments thereto
Additional and updated pages are in the process of being prepared
- please bookmark this page and keep returning for the very latest information available
on 24th March 2026
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