Gowerton railway station
Gowerton  |
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| Welsh: Tre-gŵyr | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Gowerton |
| Local authority | Swansea |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GWN |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 10,618 |
| 2005/06 * |  8,908 |
| 2006/07 * |  13,768 |
| 2007/08 * | 23,357 |
| 2008/09 * | 42,674 |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gowerton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Gowerton railway station (originally Gowerton North) serves the village of Gowerton, Wales. It is located at street level on Station Road in Gowerton. Since it is unmanned, tickets need to be bought in advance or on the train. Gowerton is served approximately every two hours by Arriva Trains Wales services heading westbound towards Llanelli, (where they continue to either West Wales or to Shrewsbury via the Heart of Wales Line; and eastbound towards Swansea. On those services that do stop, it is a request stop.
The station only has one platform, being sited on the section between Cockett and Duffryn which was singled in the 1980s as an economy measure. Network Rail has proposals to re-double the section of railway in the vicinity of this station in around 2010, and re-instate the other disused platform. This will allow more trains to stop at this station as well as allow more traffic to pass this section of railway.[1]
The current Gowerton Station was formerly known as Gowerton North to distinguish it from the Gowerton South railway station which served the now closed Pontarddulais to Swansea Victoria section of the Heart of Wales Line until 1964.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Network Rail Wales RUSNetwork Rail website; Retrieved 2008-06-25
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Gowerton railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Swansea | Arriva Trains Wales West Wales Line |
Llanelli | ||
| Swansea | Arriva Trains Wales Heart of Wales Line |
Llanelli | ||
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