Pembroke railway station

Pembroke
Welsh: Penfro
Location
Place	Pembroke
Local authority	Pembrokeshire
Coordinates	51°40′23″N 4°54′22″W / 51.673°N 4.906°WCoordinates: 51°40′23″N 4°54′22″W / 51.673°N 4.906°W
Grid reference	SM991011
Operations
Station code	PMB
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	21,477
2005/06	22,513
2006/07	24,424
2007/08	25,217
2008/09	26,314
2009/10	26,500
2010/11	29,532
2011/12	31,622
2012/13	29,868
2013/14	28,876
2014/15	30,352
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pembroke from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Pembroke railway station serves the town of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

History

Pembroke railway station was opened by the Pembroke and Tenby Railway as the initial terminus of a line that ran to Tenby on 30 July 1863. The station originally consisted of small wooden buildings, with a short 150-foot platform.^[1]

In 1864, an extension to the line reached the town of Pembroke Dock, making the station there the western terminus in place of Pembroke.

A more permanent station building was constructed later, built from dressed limestone with a slate roof and three ornamental chimneys. The building contained five rooms; the Station Master's office, a parcels office, a booking office, a general waiting room and a ladies waiting room.^[2] Fully glazed canopies were added over the station entrance and platform in the early 1900s, following the takeover of Pembroke and Tenby Railway by the Great Western Railway.^[3]

A new shelter was built in 1971, and the main limestone buildings were demolished. This new shelter was in turn was later replaced with a glass panelled shelter.^[4]

Services

The station is served every two hours (approximately) to/from Swansea via Carmarthen & Whitland on weekdays, with connections for the South Wales mainline available at Swansea.^[5] The Sunday service is limited in winter (4 trains each way), but more frequent in the summer months.

On summer Saturdays, the station is also used by Great Western Railway who provide two HSTs in each direction; two to London Paddington, one from London Paddington and one early morning HST starting its journey from Swansea. One through train in each direction is named The Pembroke Coast Express. This through service to London is expected to cease running following the introduction of new IEP rolling stock in 2018 due to additional gauge clearance work along the route which would be required for 26m carriages to operate.^[6]

References

1. Hogg, John (2001). A Short History of Pembroke Station (PDF). Pembroke 21C. p. 2.
2. Hogg 2001, p. 3
3. Hogg 2001, p. 5
4. Hogg 2001, pp. 13–14
5. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 128
6. Railnews - Super Expresses may shrink inter-city network Retrieved 2015-03-21

External links

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