Not to be confused with Unfair PG Railway Station which is named after a very child-friendly movie…read morethat was unfairly given a PG rating. This is a cute little railway station on the North Wales Coast Line, right along the track from London to Holyhead (which is basically London to Dublin if you think about it). It was closed down for five years in the 60s because of a horrible fire, but it's back now. It has platforms on both sides and a lovely old white and brown brick house that reminds me of a pub on the main platform. It also has a cute signal box as well. It's definitely a very pretty town, and one of my favourite things about its station it is this famous sign which has the full name of the city, a very very long name, the longest on record I think, and for this sign alone it has to get 5 stars, as it's one of the most famous tourist attractions in Wales.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, or Llanfair P.G. as it is more easily…read moreknown (and said), is famous for having the longest place name in the UK. It also holds the record for the railway station with the longest name in the world, and its web-site now holds the record for the longest valid url on the web, with the name of the upper village (see below). The translation into English is: "Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio of the red cave". The village was probably only known as Llanfairpwll until the 1800s, although some references include the longer Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. However, according to local legend, either a local tailor or the local Vicar decided that lengthening the name would be a good marketing ploy for tourism, tapping into the newly burgeoning tourist trade for visiting the Snowdonia area. And so the longer version came about. A crazy idea, but boy, has it worked. The railway station, opened in 1848, adopted the longer version on its name-boards, although timetables and destination boards have always shown 'LlanfairPG'. I was taken to the station as a child, and bought a platform ticket with the name spelled out in full (which I still have, of course). The station is now a James Pringle Weavers woollen shop, and this has become the main stopping point for tourists in the village. There is a wide range of tourist momentos, of course, including the inevitable T-shirts and mugs. The web-site has a wonderful facility to teach you how to say the word, breaking down the Welsh vowel and consonant sounds into easy chunks, and you can hear it spoken, too. Apparently - and this is new to me - the upper village has the name, "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochuchaf", the suffix '-uchaf' being Welsh for upper. But, in my view, that's being silly. Does this also qualify as the longest place name on Qype?

If you want to bang a girl, then just Bangor already…read more This is a lovely little old station with a big White House built onto the platform and plenty of tracks, as it is the last mainland station in Wales before you get to Anglesey. In that regard it's a really nice station and is a classic Northern rail station that looks a lot like a lot of the other Northern Welsh stations. I like it a lot, and I intend to come here whenever I'm in Wales, especially obviously when traveling by train, but even if I'm not. The northern Welsh stations have a very distinctive style that is unlike stations in other parts of the country. This is actually one of the larger ones in Northern Wales and is actually one of my favourites in some ways.

As train stations go it's pretty open to the elements but saying that there is a wait room on the…read moreeast bound side ( platform one ) But even though it has recently been done up its still smells a bit funny! A university habitat - Bangor is home to the native student from near and far ( Bangor to Bangkok ). The staff in the ticket office are very patience and remain calm at all times! I find it better to buy your tickets from the person behind the glass window in the ticket hall as they will be able to help you with connections and alike! On the eastbound side ( Platform 1 ) you find the Snowdonia cafe. I will review desperately but open from 430 AM most mornings you will sure find a bacon butty to wake you up ! As mentioned it is open to the elements so if your there on a Friday for the 12 train to Euston it's very crowded and well windy!! Destinations you can travel to; Llandudno Junction ( change for Llandudno ) London Euston Birmingham New St Holyhead Shrewsbury Cardiff Port talbot Chester Crewe And most importantly Manchester Piccadilly

Where there's a pwll there's a way…read more I prefer owls to pwls, because they're mroe of a hoot. And this place is heavenly, but it's also a little pwll.... heli. This is a little station for the little town of... I can't pronounce it... which is a coastal town on the peninsula north of Aberystwyth on the Welsh Coast. It hasn't been used very much lately, and has a nice little Station House and looks quite new and different to a lot of the other stations in Wales. The little station house looks kind of like somebody's house, like a residence. It's a nice part of the country and pretty remote, but it does need a station and it's great that it has one. It has been around for a long time and is larger than you would expect, at least in some portions of the station such as the house itself. Now I have to leave, my pwll heli... copter's here.

Not to be confused with Klandidknow, which is the answer to the question of whether the Klan knew…read morethey were not Christians but basically the Devil's minions. Yes, the Klan-did-know. This is the busiest station in North Wales, and one of the reasons for that is because this is where you would change trains if you wanted to go to Llandudno, which is one of the most beautiful cities, hence the name of this station. LJ also provides trains into other parts of Wales other than going along the coast. So for this reason it's in a great location and gets a lot of traffic. However the station itself isn't as beautiful as a lot of the others in North Wales, partly because it's here to serve a purpose more than it is to look pretty, and is nowhere near town. I still really like it, though I've used this station on so many occasions now that I'm a bit bored of it, and I'm sure I will continue to use it and appreciate it in the future.

Llandudno Junction is situated on the Chester-Holyhead railway line, and is the junction for the…read morebranches northwards to Llandudno and south on the Conwy Valley line to Blaenau Ffestiniog. The original station opened in 1858 as the junction for Llandudno, and became the junction for the Conwy Valley line in 1863 (initially to Llanrwst, later extended to Blaenau Ffestiniog). The station was rebuilt in substantially enlarged form in 1897, but rationalised in 1968. Today the station has a mixture of through services to Llandudno, Bangor and Holyhead, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Chester, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and London Euston. It has a small refreshment room, ticket office, toilets, car park and is also served by local buses with a long bus shelter at the front. Passenger usage in 2010-11 was just over 300,000 a year.

Hey I just met you And this is crazy…read moreBut here's my number So Colwyn Bay me? This is a cute little station that is bigger than you'd expect, and is right along fast tracks that go to Llandudno and places like that. It's funny to see that the Welsh name for this station is something that is romantic and means something in modern slang. It's a well sheltered and very typically Northern rail station, despite not having the signature smokestacks that a lot of the stations in these parts do have. It used to have them until quite recently, and was gorgeous, but they redesigned it and that took a little bit of the charm away from the amazing station.

Colwyn Bay railway station lies on the London-Holyhead railway line and has direct links to amongst…read moreother places Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham, Chester and Crewe (in addition to London and Holyhead). There are two platforms, platform 1 which is nearest the entrance is for trains heading west and platform 2 is for trains heading east. This isn't a station where you'll have to spend any time searching for the right platform. The station is located in the town centre and has it's own pay and display carpark. Facilities are somewhat basic. At the entrance is a manned ticket office and also a ticket machine. This machine comes in handy when there's an OAP at the counter buying a return to Inverness via Bournemouth (I don't know how they always manage to arrive sixty seconds before I do!). There is sometimes an issue with ticket machines in that they can't offer advice which means passengers may unnecessarily purchase an expensive peak time ticket when they could have bought a cheaper off peak ticket. This isn't a problem in Colwyn Bay as most trains, at least all the ones I've ever caught, seem to be classed as off peak regardless of what time of day you travel. Platform 1 has a small enclosed waiting room and also ladies and gents toilets which I've never needed to use so I can't comment on their cleanliness. Platform 2 in contrast just has a few benches, if you're heading east and don't wait to sit outdoors you'll need head back over the footbridge and wait across the tracks. There is a room on platform 2 that may once have been a waiting room but judging by the grime on the windows it hasn't been opened for decades. Catering facilities comprise a vending machine in the corner of the ticket office but as the station is in the town centre there are cafes, takeaways and convenience stores within a few minutes walk.

If you have swollen Glans, then you might need to go to the hospital. If so, Conwy go together?…read more I'm afraid of some things, but I'm not afraid of this station because it's absolutely beautiful, and it's located right by the water. In fact, it has one of the prettiest views of any station, even though it's only a tiny little place. You can almost dive into the water from the platform. It only has one platform and it looks over the beautiful landscape and water and ports, with the mountains in the background. It really doesn't get much more beautiful than that at all.

Not to be confused with Klandidknow, which is the answer to the question of whether the Klan knew…read morethey were not Christians but basically the Devil's minions. Yes, the Klan-did-know. This is a beautiful tourist getaway station in the wonderful town of Glen Gardner... I mean Llandudno but apparently it's called Glen Gardner in dictatespeak... which is large and very popular with tourists, because it is such a wonderful town to explore. The Station House has a large double triangular covered roof, and it's basically exactly what you would hope for and expect from a touristy station by the sea, and while it's lacking a little bit in history, that is the only reason why I give it slightly less in terms of star rating, but it is recently improved and definitely a good place to visit.

For a long time Llandudno had a pretty grotty railway station, which isn't great for a town so…read morereliant on tourism as it hardly created a wonderful first impression of the town. It's recently undergone a £5m+ investment so it's now much nicer looking station. The big problem now is that it's only manned until 3pm in the afternoon at which point it largely gets locked up and this includes the toilets. You can still get in and out of the station through a gate at the side if you're looking to catch or get off a train after 3pm but if you need to spend a penny you'll need to find somewhere else. It also lacks a cafe/coffee shop so you'll need to use Molly's Cafe next door if you don't want to have to stray far.

Grand, grand, grand. Spectacular views, lovely train. You'll see waterfalls, sweeping valleys,…read moresheep galore (in all stages of shorn-ness), and several impossibly tall mountaintops. Leave extra time to sort out the parking (you can buy your parking display ticket at the gift shop, but you'll have to walk back to the car to put it on the dashboard). If you have coins, no problem, but the lot machine was very particular about the credit cards and the app was useless. Skip the gift shop and buffet.

I'm done with snow, for a lifetime. So am I snow-done?…read more I was a young boy when I first came to the Snowdon Mountain Railway. It has great memories of me and my father and those old days. Since then I've only ridden at once as an adult and even though it's beautiful and amazing, it also always seems to be raining and you can never really see anything, and nothing can compare to those strange memories of when I was a child. Although it was raining then too lol. I have to thank my Dad for bringing me up here, and I guess I insisted on it, because I was that kind of obnoxious little boy. I might still be obnoxious actually. I think I remember myself being obnoxious. I think that's what happens when parents keep telling you that you're special. Having said that I probably am kind of special. It's one of the most famous mountain Railways in the world and certainly the most famous mountain Railway in the UK. On many levels it's one of my favourites.

I want to see my Bae-now. Not my Blae-nau. But that's okay…read more This is a little station with odd-looking platforms and also a beautiful Narrow Gauge platform that was for the quarries and the mines. It's part of a slate mining town in the northwest of Wales, which is what this whole region is famous for. It's cool how they have the two different types of trains stopping at the same station. I've honestly never seen that before. That's why I gave the star rating of 5, which is a little bit more than I would otherwise, because it is just so unique in that regard, and quite different to anything else I've seen.