Llandovery railway station
General information | |
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Location | Llandovery, Carmarthenshire Wales |
Coordinates | 51°59′42″N 3°48′11″W / 51.995°N 3.803°W |
Grid reference | SN763345 |
Managed by | Transport for Wales |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | LLV |
Classification | DfT category F1 |
History | |
Opened | 1858 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 15,750 |
2019/20 | 15,688 |
2020/21 | 478 |
2021/22 | 6,656 |
2022/23 | 9,588 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Feature | Llandovery Station |
Designated | 12 March 1996 |
Reference no. | 82888[1] |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Llandovery railway station serves the
All trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales, who also manage it.
History
It was opened by the independent Vale of Towy Railway company in 1858 as the terminus of a branch from
The station sits at the bottom of an 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) descent from the line's southern summit at Sugar Loaf tunnel and until August 1964, a locomotive shed was in operation here to house the engines used for assisting northbound trains (the ruling gradient on this section being 1 in 60).[3][4]
There is a
Refurbished station buildings were opened by
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has no ticket machine, so all tickets need to be purchased prior to travel or on board the train. There are shelters, CIS screens and customer help points on each platform, whilst a local volunteer group runs a cafe and gallery in the main station building. Step-free access is provided to both platforms.[6]
Services
There are five trains a day northbound to Shrewsbury from Monday to Saturday and seven southbound to Swansea (two trains start/terminate here, the first of which doesn't run on Saturdays); two services each way call on Sundays.[7] The extra departures were introduced at the winter 2022 timetable change.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Llanwrda | Heart of Wales Line
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Cynghordy |
Notes
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ Body, p.104-5
- ^ Llandovery - 87KRail UK; Retrieved 7 July 2016
- ^ "Heart of Wales Travel Guide" Doughty, Audrey, Llandeilo Past & Present; Retrieved 7 July 2016
- ^ "Charles and Camilla open Llandovery railway station". BBC News website. BBC. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ Llandovery station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 7 April 2017
- ^ Table 130 National Rail timetable, December 2022
References
- Body, G. (1983), PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Western Region, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 0-85059-546-0
Further reading
- Organ, John (2008). Mitchell, Vic (ed.). Craven Arms to Llandeilo. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 100-110. OCLC 648080889.
External links
- Train times and station information for Llandovery railway station from National Rail
- YouTube video and history of Llandovery Station