Llandudno Junction
Llandudno Junction, once known as Tremarl, is a big village in the county district of Conwy, Wales. It belongs to the ancient parish of Llangystennin, as well as it lies south of Llandudno. It adjoins Deganwy and also is to the east of the walled town of Conwy, which gets on the opposite side of the River Conwy. The population is 6,722 (2011) and also becomes part of the neighborhood of Conwy, and makes up the wards of Marl and Pensarn (Llandudno Junction). The town matured around Llandudno Junction railway station, which is a junction between the Crewe-Holyhead line and also the Llandudno-Blaenau Ffestiniog line. There are through trains from Manchester to Llandudno, yet travelers taking a trip from London, Cardiff, or Holyhead to Llandudno usually have to transform trains at Llandudno Junction. Llandudno Junction, in addition to its passenger interchange, had a significant steam locomotive maintenance depot as well as substantial goods facilities. This train depot was called 6G, and also a new area of the A546 (lugging the name "Ffordd 6G Road") currently crosses the site. The site of the depot and also products backyard has been redeveloped, now accommodating a service park, fast food outlets, a recreation centre, a Cineworld movie theater cinema, and a Tesco supermarket. Local employment possibility transformed substantially in the last quarter of the 20th century owing to the loss not only of the railway depots but likewise of a significant electric manufacturing facility (Hotpoint), of which part of the old manufacturing facility site is under intending application for 3 more Car Dealerships. Another part of the manufacturing facility website was purchased by the Welsh Government and also construction began in 2007 on a new office building that houss around 525 staff members, including regarding 100 tourism, transportation and business tasks which were transferred from Cardiff. The keys to the structure were formally turned over from the programmers in May 2010.
