Pontarddulais railway station

Pontarddulais
Pontarddulais railway station in 2006
Location
Place	Pontarddulais
Local authority	Swansea
Grid reference	SN587040
Operations
Station code	PTD
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	2,633
2005/06	2,574
2006/07	3,280
2007/08	4,347
2008/09	4,194
2009/10	4,414
2010/11	5,052
2011/12	4,272
2012/13	4,404
2013/14	4,692
2014/15	5,334
History
Key dates	Opened 1840
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pontarddulais from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Pontarddulais railway station serves the town of Pontarddulais and village of Hendy in Wales. The station is located at street level not far from the town centre and the Loughor estuary. All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

The station was the junction between the original Llanelly Railway main line from Llanelli and the later direct line to/from Swansea Victoria, which was also constructed by the LR (opening in 1866/7) but subsequently taken over by the LNWR, giving the latter company its own route to Swansea independent of the Great Western Railway. The Swansea Victoria line along the Mumbles peninsula fell victim to the Beeching Axe in June 1964 and all trains now reach Swansea via Llanelli (the trackless platforms of the direct line can still be seen however).

Services

All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. There are five trains a day in each direction on weekdays, and two services on Sundays. Four run through to Shrewsbury northbound, with a fifth early morning service to and from Llandovery on Monday to Fridays only, whilst southbound trains run to Llanelli and Swansea. This is a request stop, whereby passengers have to give a hand signal to the approaching train driver to board or notify the guard when they board that they wish to alight from the train there.

External links

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

Coordinates: 51°43′01″N 4°02′43″W / 51.7170°N 4.0454°W