Llandovery railway station
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Llandovery railway station serves the market town of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The station is on the Heart of Wales Line Script error: No such module "convert". north east of Swansea and is located at Tywi Avenue.
All trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales, who also manage it.
History
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It was opened by the independent Vale of Towy Railway company in 1858 as the terminus of a branch from Llandeilo, although the VoTR was soon leased by the Llanelly Railway (which had built the route northwards from Llanelli in stages between 1833 and 1852.[1]) The Llanelly company in turn soon became part of the GWR. The LNWR's Central Wales Extension Railway arrived from the north a decade later to complete the through route between Craven Arms and Swansea, with the LNWR and GWR taking joint control of the Llandovery to Llandeilo section.
The station sits at the bottom of an Script error: No such module "convert". descent from the line's southern summit at Template:Rws 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).[2][3]
There is a passing loop and level crossing (of the A40 road) at the station, but the signal box that formerly operated them was closed in 1986. The token instruments for the single line and crossing barriers are both operated by the train crew under the supervision of the signaller at Pantyffynnon. The loop had been temporarily decommissioned between 2008 & 2010, but is in use again after the automatic point machines were renewed in June 2010.
Refurbished station buildings were opened by Prince Charles in June 2011, some 19 years after they were closed.[4]
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.[5]
Services
There are five trains a day northbound to Shrewsbury from Monday to Saturday and seven southbound to Template:Rws (two trains start/terminate here, the first of which doesn't run on Saturdays); two services each way call on Sundays.[6] The extra departures were introduced at the winter 2022 timetable change.
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Llanwrda | style="background:#Template:KAW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Transport for Wales Heart of Wales Line |
style="background:#Template:KAW colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Cynghordy |
Notes
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- ↑ 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
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- ↑ Llandovery station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 7 April 2017
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References
- Body, G. (1983), PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Western Region, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, Template:ISBN
Further reading
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External links
- Train times and station information for Llandovery railway station from National Rail
- YouTube video and history of Llandovery Station
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- Railway stations in Carmarthenshire
- DfT Category F1 stations
- Former Vale of Towy Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1858
- Heart of Wales Line
- Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail
- Llandovery
- Grade II listed buildings in Carmarthenshire
- Grade II listed railway stations in Wales