Llandeilo railway station

Llandeilo
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Location
Place	Llandeilo
Local authority	Carmarthenshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	SN633226
Operations
Station code	LLL
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	13,473
2005/06	12,265
2006/07	11,485
2007/08	14,377
2008/09	14,298
2009/10	13,656
2010/11	14,518
2011/12	15,342
2012/13	16,368
2013/14	15,786
2014/15	17,386
History
Key dates	Opened 1852 (1852)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llandeilo from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Llandeilo railway station (formerly "Landilo Junction for the Carmarthen Line") serves the small town of Llandeilo, West Wales. The station is 30¾ miles (50 km) north east of Swansea on the Heart of Wales Line.

The station is located below the eastern side of the town beside the River Tywi. Dinefwr Castle is within walking distance.

The station was built by the Llanelly Railway, who reached the town from the Llanelli direction in 1852. An extension on to Llandovery was constructed by the subsidiary Vale of Towy Railway (opening in 1858), whilst the branch line to Carmarthen followed in 1865.

In its heyday, the station had four platforms serving trains for the Heart of Wales line as well as trains from Carmarthen via the Llandeilo - Abergwili Jcn branch line (closed in 1963). The direct line to Swansea Victoria has also gone and the surviving passenger trains now run via the old Llanelly Railway and the South Wales main line.

The station building has been demolished, and until recently had only one platform in use as the passing loop here had been temporarily decommissioned (i.e. locked out of use) due to a lack of spare parts for the point machines. The second (southbound) platform has however now been reinstated along with the loop following the replacement of the points at both ends with new electrically worked units.

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

Services

There are four trains a day in each direction southbound to Swansea and northbound to Shrewsbury from Monday to Saturday; a fifth service runs to Llandovery and back to Swansea in the a.m peak (except Saturdays). Two trains each way call on Sundays.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ffairfach		Arriva Trains Wales Heart of Wales Line		Llangadog
	Disused railways
Llandilo Bridge Line and station closed		London and North Western Railway Llanelly Railway		Talley Road Line open, station closed