Llandovery railway station

Llandovery
Welsh: Llanymddyfri
Location
Place	Llandovery
Local authority	Carmarthenshire
Grid reference	SN763345
Operations
Station code	LLV
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	20,264
2005/06	19,427
2006/07	16,717
2007/08	20,305
2008/09	19,796
2009/10	18,756
2010/11	20,050
2011/12	20,100
2012/13	17,628
2013/14	16,964
2014/15	18,890
History
Key dates	Opened 1858
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llandovery from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Llandovery railway station serves the market town of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The station is on the Heart of Wales Line 42 miles (68 km) north east of Swansea and is located at Tywi Avenue.

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.

All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

There is a passing loop and level crossing at the station, but the signal box that formerly operated them was closed in 1986. The token instruments for the single line and crossing are both operated by the train crew under the supervision of the signaller at Pantyffynnon. The loop is in use again after the 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.^[2]

Services

There are four trains a day northbound to Shrewsbury from Monday to Saturday and five southbound to Swansea (the first southbound departure doesn't run on Saturdays); two services each way call on Sundays.^[3]

Notes

1. Body, p.104-5
2. "Charles and Camilla open Llandovery railway station". BBC News website (BBC). 30 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
3. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 129

References

• Body, G. (1983), PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Western Region, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 0-85059-546-0

External links

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

Coordinates: 51°59′42″N 3°48′11″W / 51.995°N 3.803°W