Six people were killed when a goods train that was shunting at the station in the early hours, hauled by the locomotive LMS Hughes Crab 2-6-0 No.

42885, was inadvertently diverted onto the main line, where it collided with the fast-moving eastbound Irish Mail express from Holyhead, which was being hauled by LMS Rebuilt Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 No.

There was an earlier accident near Penmaenmawr on 12 January 1899 when an express freight train, hauled by LNWR DX Goods class 0-6-0 No.

[4] The station is unstaffed, though it has kept its original Grade II listed buildings on the westbound platform; these are now used as private residential accommodation.

Train running information is offered via telephone, digital CIS displays and timetable posters.