Hakin Docks railway station

Hakin Dock
Train waiting for passengers disembarking the City of Rome from New York,1889
Location
Place	Hakin
Area	Pembrokeshire
Coordinates	51°42′34″N 5°02′19″W / 51.709341°N 5.038733°WCoordinates: 51°42′34″N 5°02′19″W / 51.709341°N 5.038733°W
Operations
Original company	Milford Docks Company
Platforms	1
History
1 October 1889	Station opened
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Hakin Dock Railway station was a short-lived station, which was constructed to service an anticipated transatlantic trade between Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and New York.

Rail tracks in Hakin in 1907, HMS Aurora berthed in the docks

Work was completed in 1889, and it saw service as the alighting point for passengers embarking to North America, most notably the Gaspesia.^[1] It also welcomed passengers disembarking from New York, the inaugural voyage being the City of Rome in 1889.^[2] Its proximity to Milford Haven railway station, and the fact that transatlantic trade did not develop at the port, meant that the station was quickly dismantled and absorbed into the Milford Haven Docks complex.^[3]

The track was later used for freight traffic servicing the fishing industry.

References

1. Wing Commander Ken McKay A Vision Of Greatness: The History of Milford 1790–1990, Brace Harvatt Associates, 1989. ISBN 978-0-9515212-0-5
2. Hakin CP Junior School Hakin: A Pictorial History: Book 2, C.I.T Print Services, Haverfordwest, 1998. ISBN 0-9529672-1-9
3. Parker, Richard, The Railways of Pembrokeshire, Noodle Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1-906419-07-3

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Milford Haven Line and station open		Great Western Railway Milford Railway		Terminus Line and station closed