Whitland railway station
Railway station in Carmarthenshire, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Whitland railway station serves the town of Whitland in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the West Wales Line from Swansea. To the west of the station, a branch line diverges towards Pembroke; the main line continues to Milford Haven and Fishguard Harbour. The Whitland and Cardigan Railway (closed in 1962) diverged from the Fishguard/Milford Haven line 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Whitland.
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General information | |||||
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Location | Whitland, Carmarthenshire Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 51.818°N 4.614°W / 51.818; -4.614 | ||||
Grid reference | SN198165 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales Rail | ||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | WTL | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | South Wales Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
2 January 1854 (1854-01-02) | SWR station opened | ||||
4 September 1866 | P&T station opened | ||||
August 1869 | P&T station closed | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 45,036 | ||||
Interchange | 1,810 | ||||
2019/20 | 42,158 | ||||
Interchange | 3,318 | ||||
2020/21 | 7,876 | ||||
Interchange | 445 | ||||
2021/22 | 29,698 | ||||
Interchange | 1,610 | ||||
2022/23 | 35,350 | ||||
Interchange | 1,589 | ||||
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Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales Rail using a mixture of Class 150, Class 153 and Class 175s, and Great Western Railway who run services using Class 800 trains on summer Saturdays from London Paddington to Pembroke Dock.