Dovey Junction railway station

Dovey Junction National Rail
Welsh: Cyffordd Dyfi

Dovey Junction with Aberystwyth-bound train approaching
Location
Place Derwenlas
Local authority Powys
Grid reference SN697980
Operations
Station code DVY
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   1,093
2005/06 Decrease 1,062
2006/07 Increase 1,430
2007/08 Increase 1,978
2008/09 Decrease 1,494
2009/10 Increase 1,768
2010/11 Decrease 1,482
2011/12 Decrease 1,296
- Interchange 1,218
2012/13 Increase 1,694
- Interchange Increase 1,397
2013/14 Increase 1,828
- Interchange Decrease 1,046
2014/15 Increase 2,366
- Interchange Decrease 1,029
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dovey Junction from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dovey Junction railway station (Welsh: Cyffordd Dyfi) is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in Wales. It is the junction where the line splits into the line to Aberystwyth and the Cambrian Coast Line to Pwllheli. Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales. There is a single island platform.

The station is in Powys, about 440 yards (400 m) NE of the junction of three counties: the current "principal areas" of Ceredigion, Powys and Gwynedd, corresponding to the traditional counties of Cardiganshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire. (Ceredigion is part of the preserved county of Dyfed.)

The station is in the midst of the large Dyfi National Nature Reserve, near the Cardigan Bay coast. There is no settlement here but, contrary to common belief, it is not completely isolated: a 0.62 miles (1 km) long path provides passenger access to and from the hamlet of Glandyfi in Ceredigion and a main road (the A487).

History

The station has been rebuilt twice in recent years: the original Cambrian Railways buildings were first replaced in the 1970s by a flat roofed station building. This building was subsequently replaced in the 1990s by a simple bus shelter, having fallen into a state of disrepair and being far larger than required at this remote location.

The station platforms were raised in 2008 in conjunction with raising of the tracks, to reduce the likelihood of closure of this section of line due to flooding. The work was part of a major programme of work on the Cambrian Line, including ERTMS signalling to replace the previous RETB system and an extended (dynamic) passing loop at Welshpool to permit running an hourly service from Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth in the future.

Dovey Junction is often quoted as a defining feature of the Great Western Railway in Wales: its inheritance of junctions in unlikely and inconvenient locations. Other examples are Moat Lane Junction, Talyllyn Junction, Afon Wen and Barmouth Junction (renamed Morfa Mawddach in 1960).

Services

Services operate about every two hours (less frequently on Sundays). The station is found in Arriva Trains Wales timetable number 1. Passengers use platform 1 for services to Pwllheli via the Cambrian Coast Line or to Birmingham International via Birmingham New Street, and platform 2 for services to Aberystwyth via Borth, or Birmingham International via Birmingham New Street. Trains from Pwllheli and from Aberystwyth are attached at Machynlleth to form a four-carriage train.

References

    Further reading

    External links

    Media related to Dovey Junction railway station at Wikimedia Commons

    Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
    Arriva Trains Wales
    Birmingham International-Aberystwyth
    Arriva Trains Wales

    Coordinates: 52°33′50″N 3°55′26″W / 52.564°N 3.924°W / 52.564; -3.924

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