Llanelli railway station

Llanelli
General information
Location	Carmarthenshire
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LLE

Llanelli railway station is the railway station serving the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the West Wales Line and the Heart of Wales Line. The station, and the majority of trains calling at it, are operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

Services

Llanelli in July 1971.

Arriva Trains Wales operate an approximately hourly service in each direction along the West Wales Line, from Manchester Piccadilly and Cardiff Central via Swansea to Carmarthen, with two-hourly extensions to Milford Haven. There is a separate (roughly two-hourly service) between Swansea and Pembroke Dock via Tenby that calls, along with the twice-daily service to and from Fishguard Harbour that runs to connect with the ferry to/from Rosslare.

The daily First Great Western service between Carmarthen and London Paddington also calls here. First Great Western also operate a summer Saturday service between London and Pembroke Dock.

There are four weekday trains a day in each direction (two on Sundays) on the Heart of Wales Line to Shrewsbury, also operated by Arriva Trains Wales. As the line from Swansea also enters Llanelli from the east, these trains must reverse direction here to continue their journeys.

History

Llanelli rail station was the scene for the Llanelli Riots of 1911. The Llanelli Riots took place on 19th August, 1911. Their immediate cause was the very first Railway Strike which lasted only two days. The strike started on Thursday evening, and by Saturday evening two young men had been shot dead by the military. One man was killed when a railway truck exploded and, on the following day, three more people died from their injuries. The story of the Riots is set in a period of great industrial unrest, and involves prominent figures on the international scene such as Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, King George V, and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany. Martin Luther King called it "the voice of the unheard".

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Gowerton		Arriva Trains Wales West Wales Line		Pembrey & Burry Port
Gowerton		Arriva Trains Wales Heart of Wales Line		Bynea
Swansea		First Great Western London - Carmarthen		Pembrey & Burry Port