Outcry after Arriva ends train stops at Colwyn Bay on busy morning serviceA train firm’s decision to miss out North Wales’s second biggest town from one of its busy morning service has sparked an outcry.
Clwyd West MP David Jones was “dismayed” when Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) revealed its 9.50am Manchester Piccadilly to Holyhead service on Mondays to Fridays won’t stop at Colwyn Bay.
The company admitted some of its passengers would be “disappointed”, but insisted it would make the train less crowded.
The train will also not stop at Abergele & Pensarn after the change is introduced on December 14.
ATW managing director Ian Bullock wrote that he “very much regrets if our new timetable has generated concern.”
In a letter he told the MP this change may cause “disappointment to a number of customers who are used to the current schedule and stopping pattern of this train”.
However, Mr Bullock says Colwyn Bay will be served by another operator. He said: “There will be a connection for Colwyn Bay at Chester with a Virgin Trains service which arrives some 10 minutes later than now.”
Mr Bullock added that there will also be a connection for Abergele and Pensarn at Chester with Arriva Trains Wales’s service from Birmingham International, arriving at 12.03pm.
But Conservative MP Mr Jones, a former Welsh Secretary, said that he is dismayed that Arriva Trains Wales have decided to exclude Colwyn Bay and called for a rethink
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