Llanelli railway station

Llanelli
Location
Place	Llanelli
Local authority	Carmarthenshire
Coordinates	51°40′26″N 4°09′40″W / 51.674°N 4.161°WCoordinates: 51°40′26″N 4°09′40″W / 51.674°N 4.161°W
Grid reference	SS506994
Operations
Station code	LLE
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.285 million
2005/06	0.297 million
2006/07	0.317 million
2007/08	0.340 million
2008/09	0.364 million
2009/10	0.365 million
2010/11	0.394 million
2011/12	0.403 million
2012/13	0.402 million
2013/14	0.393 million
2014/15	0.403 million
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llanelli from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Llanelli railway station is the railway station serving the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the West Wales Line and the Heart of Wales Line. The station, and the majority of trains calling at it, are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. It is located between two Level Crossings (known as East and West) that were previously upgraded in the 1970s. More recently Network Rail has carried out a further upgrade which saw the control of these Level Crossings pass to Port Talbot Panel Signal Box.

Services

Llanelli in July 1971.

Arriva Trains Wales operate an approximately hourly service in each direction along the West Wales Line, from Manchester Piccadilly and Cardiff Central via Swansea to Carmarthen, with two-hourly extensions to Milford Haven. There is a separate (roughly two-hourly service) between Swansea and Pembroke Dock via Tenby that calls, along with the twice-daily service to and from Fishguard Harbour that runs to connect with the ferry to/from Rosslare.^[1]

The daily Great Western Railway service between Carmarthen and London Paddington also calls here (three each way on Sundays). Great Western Railway also operate a summer Saturday service between London and Pembroke Dock.

There are four weekday trains a day in each direction on the Heart of Wales Line to Shrewsbury, plus a fifth a.m peak train to/from as Llandovery (Saturdays excepted). As the line from Swansea also enters Llanelli from the east, these trains must reverse direction here to continue their journeys.^[2] Two trains each way operate on the line on Sundays.

Rail & sea corridor to Ireland

Arriva Trains Wales boat trains to and from Fishguard Harbour serve the station; these connect with the Stena Line ferry to Rosslare Europort in Ireland with a daily morning and evening service in both directions. Two other services to & from there also call since the branch service was improved in 2011. This route has been in existence since 1906.

History

Llanelli rail station was the scene for the Llanelli Riots of 1911. The Llanelli Riots took place on 19 August 1911. Their immediate cause was the very first Railway Strike which lasted only two days.^[3] The strike started on Thursday evening, and by Saturday evening two young men had been shot dead by the military.^[4] One man was killed when a railway truck exploded and, on the following day, three more people died from their injuries. The story of the Riots is set in a period of great industrial unrest, and involves prominent figures on the international scene such as Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, King George V, and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany.

Routes

References

1. GB eNRT, 2015-16 Edition Table 128
2. GB eNRT, Table 129
3. Llanelli Star
4. "Llanelli rally for Prince Philip Hospital and 1911 riot". BBC News South West Wales. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

External links

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