Clunderwen railway station
51°50′28″N 4°43′55″W / 51.841°N 4.732°W / 51.841; -4.732
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Clunderwen railway station serves the village of Clynderwen (Welsh: Clunderwen) in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The station is unmanned. It is a request stop.
History
The South Wales Railway was extended from Carmarthen Junction to Haverfordwest on 2 January 1854,[1] and among the original stations was one known as Narberth Road for Cardigan and Tenby; this was simplified to Narberth Road for Cardigan in 1863.[2]
The station was renamed Clynderwen on 1 December 1875,[3] being named after the Clynderwen Estate, which included property in the area around the station; a previous suggestion to use the parish name Llandisilio was rejected.[4] The Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway (NR&MR) opened in 1876, the junction of that line being to the west of Clynderwen station; and the NR&MR trains to Rosebush used a bay at the eastern end of the up side of the station.[5] Initially trains had to reverse in and out of the platform, but with the extension of the Rosebush line to Letterston by the North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway (NP&FR) in 1895 (the NP&FR having taken over the NR&MR), the layout at Clynderwen was improved.[6]
There have been several subsequent amendments to the station's name: to Clynderwen Halt on 6 September 1965; reverting to Clynderwen on 5 May 1969; and finally becoming Clunderwen on 12 May 1980.[7]
Services
InterCity 125 services ran through Clunderwen to Milford Haven until the early 1990s, terminating in 1994.[8]
Trains that stop here go to Milford Haven westbound and to Swansea, Cardiff Central, Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly eastbound.[9] A basic two-hourly frequency runs Mon-Sat, with fewer trains on Sundays.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Whitland | Transport for Wales West Wales line | Clarbeston Road | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Terminus | Great Western Railway Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway | Llanycefn Line and station closed |
Notes
- ^ MacDermot 1927, pp. 572–3, 865.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 166.
- ^ Butt 1995, pp. 166, 64.
- ^ Parker & Morris 2008, p. 61.
- ^ Parker & Morris 2008, pp. 59, 60, 103–4.
- ^ Parker & Morris 2008, pp. 112–3.
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 64.
- ^ Intercity Magazine Network Map 1993. Retrieved 5 December 2012
- ^ Table 128 National Rail timetable, May 2016
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway.
- Parker, Richard; Morris, John (2008) [1981]. The Railways of Pembrokeshire. Corhampton: Noodle Books. ISBN 978-1-906419-07-3.
External links
Media related to Clunderwen railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Train times and station information for Clunderwen railway station from National Rail
- Clynderwen Station on navigable 1946 O.S. map
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