Llangadog railway station

Llangadog National Rail
Location
Place Llangadog
Local authority Carmarthenshire
Grid reference SN699285
Operations
Station code LLG
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 1
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  6,140
2005/06 Decrease 5,947
2006/07 Decrease 3,997
2007/08 Increase 5,638
2008/09 Increase 5,962
2009/10 Decrease 5,464
2010/11 Decrease 5,436
2011/12 Increase 5,512
2012/13 Increase 5,558
2013/14 Increase 6,094
2014/15 Increase 6,392
History
Key dates Opened 1858 (1858)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llangadog from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Llangadog railway station serves the village of Llangadog near Llandeilo, West Wales. The station is on the Heart of Wales Line 36½ miles (59 km) north east of Swansea. The station is located at street level at Station Road beside the River Bran. The Garn Goch Iron Age hill fort is about three miles away from this station.

All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. There are four trains a day in each direction from Monday to Saturday, and two services on Sundays.

History

Former CWS/MMB creamery at Llangadog, now a pet food factory

The station had a siding accessing the Co-op Wholesale Society creamery, allowing milk trains to access the site. After rail access ceased, in the late 1970s, the creamery continued to operate until 2005, when it closed with the loss of 200 jobs.

Services

There are four trains a day to Shrewsbury northbound from Monday to Saturday (plus a fifth to Llandovery) and five southbound to Llanelli & Swansea (the first train in each direction doesn't run on Saturdays); two services each way call on Sundays.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Table 129 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Llandeilo   Arriva Trains Wales
Heart of Wales Line		   Llanwrda

Coordinates: 51°56′24″N 3°53′35″W / 51.940°N 3.893°W / 51.940; -3.893


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