Llanwrda railway station

Railway station in Carmarthenshire, Wales

51°57′47″N 3°52′19″W / 51.963°N 3.872°W / 51.963; -3.872Grid referenceSN714310Managed byTransport for WalesPlatforms1Other informationStation codeLNRClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOpened1858Passengers2018/19Decrease 1,7502019/20Decrease 1,4722020/21Decrease 262021/22Increase 5542022/23Increase 936 Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Llanwrda railway station serves the village of Llanwrda near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. Opened by the Vale of Towy Railway in 1858, the station is on the Heart of Wales Line 38+1⁄4 miles (61.6 km) north east of Swansea. The station is located below street level at the end of a lane opposite the A40 that leads to the centre of the village (just under 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) away on the other side of the A40).[1]

All trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales.

Facilities

Like many of its neighbours, the station has only one active platform, no surviving permanent buildings and is located adjacent to an automatic half barrier level crossing. The barrier sequence is triggered by the train crew (pressing a plunger on the platform) for northbound services, so these are all timetabled to stop here. Southbound services however only call if requested to do so. The station also has the usual collection of amenities common to others on this part of the line (waiting shelter, CIS display, timetable poster board and customer help point) as well as a payphone. Level access is available between the main entrance and platform.[2]

Services

There are five trains a day to Shrewsbury northbound from Monday to Saturday (plus two more to Llandovery) and seven southbound to Llanelli and Swansea (the first train in each direction does not run on Saturdays); two services each way call on Sundays.[3]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Llangadog   Transport for Wales
Heart of Wales Line 		  Llandovery

References

  1. ^ Llanwrda railway station (2014) Jaggery; Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 24 July 2017
  2. ^ Llanwrda station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  3. ^ Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2023

Further reading

  • Organ, John (2008). Mitchell, Vic (ed.). Craven Arms to Llandeilo. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 111-113. ISBN 9781906008352. OCLC 648080889.

External links

Media related to Llanwrda railway station at Wikimedia Commons

  • Train times and station information for Llanwrda railway station from National Rail


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