It was aimed primarily at exchange traffic with the LNWR's Conwy Valley Line station which opened a few yards away on the opposite side of North Western Road[5][6][7] on the same day.
It co-operated with the LNWR whose southern terminus was an underarm stone's throw away on the opposite side of North Western Road.
"[17] The station had one very low platform, similar to that at Duffws (FR), a metal waiting shelter with a slate roof and small buildings at both ends,[18] with that at the Tan-y-Grisiau end containing a refreshment room,[19] opposite and a few yards west of which stood a slate water tower topped with a metal tank.
[27][28][29] In 1956 the waiting shelter was dismantled and re-erected for use by spectators at Manod Football Club,[30][31][32] though it was replaced in turn in the 2000s by a more modern structure.
For a period in the 1970s the FR locomotive "Princess" was mounted on a plinth at the station site as a symbol of remembrance and intention to return.