ATW now saying that line between Chester and Rhyl will be closed until at least Saturday due to 'severe damage to the sea wall' - doesn't say where but possibly around Mostyn. An hourly train service will operate between Rhyl and Holyhead and a replacement bus between Chester and Rhyl.
Having been checking regularly this evening I must say that there has been much confusion and some conflicting advice!
I agree!
This evening, Mrs W. returned from a Christmas shopping spree in Manchester, and I'd warned her that according to the ATW website, there was no service beyond Chester, and no rail-replacement coaches, and people were being advised not to travel. I was preparing myself to go and rescue her at Chester by car.
But her service from Manchester was advertised as through to Llandudno, as usual, with no over-riding comment from the guard, so she assumed the service had been restored. However, on arrival at Chester, she was told to alight, and await a replacement coach.
Which she did, and arrived home about an hour later than planned.
Very good in the circumstances, and well done to ATW for actually arranging replacement coaches. But while I appreciate the situation was changing by the minute, the conflicting advice did not really help.
Still, only a minor inconvenience compared with what passengers in other parts of the country have had to endure.
