Dolau railway station

Dolau National Rail
Location
Place Dolau
Local authority Powys
Grid reference SO139670
Operations
Station code DOL
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*
2010/11 Increase 2,430
2011/12 Decrease 1,658
2012/13 Decrease 1,520
2013/14 Decrease 1,406
2014/15 Decrease 1,396
History
Key dates Opened 1865 (1865)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dolau from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dolau railway station is an unstaffed railway station with one platform serving the small village of Dolau in Powys, mid Wales. It is located on the Heart of Wales Line and is served by four trains each direction Monday-Saturday (plus a fifth northbound service on weekdays only) and two trains each direction on Sundays.[1] Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. It is a request stop.

The station is tended to by the Dolau Station Action Group, who has decorated the platform with plants, flowers, a wooden waiting shelter and clock. The shelter houses a guestbook as well as the awards the station has received. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a plaque at the station in 2002 commemorating her visit during the Golden Jubilee visit to Wales.

Formerly known as Dolau Halt, the suffix was dropped in 1969.

References

  1. ↑ Table 129 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Pen-y-Bont   Arriva Trains Wales
Heart of Wales Line		   Llanbister Road
The station garden in 1997

Coordinates: 52°17′42″N 3°15′50″W / 52.295°N 3.264°W / 52.295; -3.264


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