Knighton railway station

Knighton
Welsh: Trefyclawdd
Location
Place	Knighton
Local authority	Shropshire Council
Grid reference	SO291723
Operations
Station code	KNI
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	23,251
2005/06	22,436
2006/07	19,711
2007/08	23,911
2008/09	22,778
2009/10	23,338
2010/11	25,076
2011/12	25,094
2012/13	24,050
2013/14	21,930
History
1861	Knighton Railway station opened
1865	Present station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Knighton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Knighton railway station serves the market town of Knighton in Powys, Wales, although the station itself is located in Shropshire, England (the boundary is immediately adjacent to the south side of the station). It lies 32 ¹⁄₂ miles (52.3 km) south west of Shrewsbury (by railway line) on the Heart of Wales Line.

The railway station is located below street level at Station Road beside the River Teme and about ¹⁄₂ mile (0.8 km) from the centre of the town. All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales, who also manage the station.

History

Trains meet at Knighton Station in 1962

The station was built in 1865, although the Knighton Railway route from Craven Arms had reached here four years previously. The present station dates from the opening of the Central Wales Railway to Llandrindod Wells.

In 2004 the station was partially refurbished, with visual display units installed to display train departure times, and enhanced disabled access on the northbound platform.

There are two platforms at the station today, although from 1964 until 1990 only a single line and platform (the current southbound one) was used which was reinstated by British Rail. The 30 miles (48 km) long block section between Craven Arms and Llandrindod Wells was considered to be a capacity bottleneck (even on such a lightly used line) however and following the modernisation of the route signalling in 1986,^[1] an additional passing loop was installed here to provide extra capacity, with the disused second platform being refurbished and returned to use. The northbound loop (and platform) was out of action for more than two years but was put back into use by Network Rail in September 2010 following the replacement of the old automatic points with new electrically-worked ones.

Services

View from the road; the England-Wales border runs through the car park

There are four trains a day in each direction (Shrewsbury northbound and Swansea southbound) from Monday to Saturday; a fifth early morning service runs to Llandrindod Wells and then back to Shrewsbury for commuters except on Saturdays; two services each way call on Sundays.^[2]

Notes

1. Central Wales Light Railway (Amendment) Order 1990 www.opsi.gov.uk; Retrieved 2009-03-02
2. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 129

External links

• Train times and station information for Knighton railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 52°20′42″N 3°02′31″W / 52.345°N 3.042°W