Whitland railway station

Whitland
Welsh: Hendy-gwyn ar Daf
The station as seen from platform one
Location
Place	Whitland
Local authority	Carmarthenshire
Coordinates	51.818°N 4.614°W / 51.818; -4.614
Operations
Station code	WTL
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	3
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	38,165
2005/06 *	39,034
2006/07 *	43,372
2007/08 *	48,234
2008/09 *	50,994
2009/10 *	51,730
National Rail - UK railway stations
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whitland from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Whitland station in August 1971 with a train for Carmarthen

Whitland railway station serves the town of Whitland in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the main route of the West Wales Line from Swansea. To the west of the station, the lines diverge, with one branch serving Pembroke and the other Milford Haven or Fishguard. Formerly, the Whitland and Cardigan Railway (closed in 1962) diverged from the Fishguard line two miles west of Whitland.

Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales, using a mixture of Class 158 and Class 175 Diesel Multiple Units as well as First Great Western Inter City 125 units on summer journeys from London to Pembroke Dock

Services

The station has an approximately hourly service (including Sundays) to and from Carmarthen and Swansea eastbound and every two hours westbound to Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock. Certain eastbound services continue onwards to Cardiff Central, Hereford and Manchester Piccadilly.

The twice daily service each way to Fishguard Harbour also calls, as do the summer Saturday HST services between London Paddington and Pembroke Dock.

A map from 1952 of the area around Whitland railway station showing the junction between the three lines

External links

• Train times and station information for Whitland railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Carmarthen		Arriva Trains Wales West Wales Line - Pembroke branch		Narberth
		Arriva Trains Wales West Wales Line - Milford Haven and Fishguard branches		Clunderwen
Carmarthen		First Great Western London - Pembroke		Saundersfoot
	Historical railways
St Clears Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway South Wales Railway		Clunderwen Line and station open
	Disused railways
Terminus		Great Western Railway Whitland and Cardigan Railway		Llanfalteg Line and station closed