Sugar Loaf railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Sugar Loaf Mountain, Llandovery |
| Local authority | Powys |
| Coordinates | 52°04′55″N 3°41′13″W / 52.082°N 3.687°WCoordinates: 52°04′55″N 3°41′13″W / 52.082°N 3.687°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SUG |
| 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 * |  122 |
| 2005/06 * |  59 |
| 2006/07 * | 67 |
| 2007/08 * | 111 |
| 2008/09 * | 120 |
| 2009/10 * | 106 |
| 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 Sugar Loaf from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Sugar Loaf Halt is a railway station in Powys, Wales, and is the most remote station on the Heart of Wales Line. It is located one mile to the north-east of a small but prominent knoll known as Sugar Loaf, around which the A483 road loops.[1] The line through here was opened by the Central Wales Extension Railway in 1868.
This station is mainly used by trekkers and cyclists, since it is the nearest stop to the Sugar Loaf vantage point,[2] although it was originally built to serve a number of cottages occupied by railway workers (such as track gangers).[3] South of the station the line passes beneath the hills via the 1,000-yard (910 m) Sugar Loaf tunnel, which is approached by gradients as steep as 1 in 60 on each side.
According to the Strategic Rail Authority (now taken over by the Office of Rail Regulation) in their 2002/2003 financial year it was the 14th least used station in the UK, with only 99 fare-paying passengers travelling to or from it in that year. In the 2006/2007 it was the least used railway station in Wales.
[edit] Services
All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. There are four trains a day in each direction (towards Swansea and Shrewsbury) from Monday to Saturday, and two services on Sundays. This is a request stop, whereby passengers have to signal to the driver to board or alight from the train.
[edit] References
- ^ Ordnance Survey Explorer map 187 (2005)
- ^ http://www.heart-of-wales.co.uk/map.htm
- ^ Heart of Wales Travel Guide www.llandeilo.org; Retrieved 2009-03-02
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| Cynghordy | Arriva Trains Wales Heart of Wales Line |
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