Llanwrda railway station

Llanwrda railway station serves the village of Llanwrda near Llandovery, West Wales. 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]

Llanwrda
Location
PlaceLlanwrda
Local authorityCarmarthenshire
Coordinates51.963°N 3.872°W / 51.963; -3.872
Grid referenceSN714310
Operations
Station codeLNR
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 2,164
2015/16 1,788
2016/17 2,206
2017/18 2,052
2018/19 1,750
History
Key datesOpened 1858 (1858)
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llanwrda from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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 four trains a day to Shrewsbury northbound from Monday to Saturday (plus a fifth to Llandovery) and five 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 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 129 National Rail timetable, December 2018

Further reading
  • Organ, John (2008). Mitchell, Vic (ed.). Craven Arms to Llandeilo. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 111-113. ISBN 9781906008352. OCLC 648080889.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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