Llanelli railway station

Llanelli
General information
Location	Llanelli, Carmarthenshire Wales
Coordinates	51°40′26″N 4°09′40″W / 51.674°N 4.161°W / 51.674; -4.161
Grid reference	SS506994
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LLE
Classification	DfT category E
Passengers
2018/19	0.398 million
Interchange	5,331
2019/20	0.370 million
Interchange	6,069
2020/21	76,446
Interchange	550
2021/22	0.243 million
Interchange	2,838
2022/23	0.274 million
Interchange	3,560
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Llanelli railway station is the

The station is staffed, with the ticket office on platform 2. A self-service ticket machine is provided for use when the booking office is closed and for collecting advance purchase/pre-paid tickets. The main buildings on this platform also house a newsagents shop, toilets, help point and post box. Platform 1 has canopies, bench seating and a customer help point. Digital CIS displays, timetable posters and automated announcements provide train running information. The platforms are linked by a footbridge with steps, but level access is possible to both platforms using the east level crossing and nearby road.[5]

The station is set to become fully accessible by autumn 2024. Network Rail will undertake this work with funding from the Department for Transport's "Access for All" programme.^[6]

Services

There are six trains a day in each direction on the Heart of Wales line to Shrewsbury, plus a fifth morning peak train (Mon-Fri only) to/from Llandovery. As the line from Swansea also enters Llanelli from the east, these trains must reverse direction here (in platform 2, which is signalled accordingly) to continue their journeys.^[8]

Future services

In December 2022, the ORR approved Grand Union to commence a new service from Paddington to Carmarthen in partnership with Spanish rail operator Renfe, for which a fleet of new bi-mode trains will be used. The new service is scheduled to commence in December 2024.^[9] The service will call at Bristol Parkway, Severn Tunnel Junction, Newport, Cardiff Central, Gowerton and Llanelli en-route to Carmarthen.^[10]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Gowerton		West Wales line		Pembrey & Burry Port
Port Talbot		Transport for Wales Swansea District line		Pembrey & Burry Port
Gowerton or Swansea		Transport for Wales Heart of Wales line		Bynea
Swansea		London - Carmarthen		Pembrey & Burry Port or Carmarthen
	Future services
Gowerton		Grand Union London - Carmarthen		Carmarthen

Rail and sea corridor to Ireland

Transport for Wales' boat trains to and from Fishguard Harbour serve the station. These connect with the Stena Line ferry to Rosslare Europort in Ireland with a daily morning and evening service in both directions. Two other services to and from there also call since the branch service was improved in 2011. This route has been in existence since 1906.

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