Clunderwen railway station

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Clunderwen
General information
LocationPembrokeshire
Managed byArriva Trains Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCUW
History
Original companySouth Wales Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
2 January 1854Opened as Narberth Road for Cardigan and Tenby
1863Renamed Narberth Road for Cardigan
1 December 1875Renamed Clynderwen
6 September 1965Renamed Clynderwen Halt
5 May 1969Renamed Clynderwen
12 May 1980Renamed Clunderwen

Clunderwen railway station serves the village of Clynderwen (Welsh: Clunderwen) in Pembrokeshire, Wales.The station is currently unmanned. It is a request stop, and therefore trains will only stop if a patron requires to get on or off there.

History

The South Wales Railway was extended from Carmarthen Junction to Haverfordwest on 2 January 1854,[1] and among the original stations was one known as Narberth Road for Cardigan and Tenby; this was simplified to Narberth Road for Cardigan in 1863.[2]

The station was renamed Clynderwen on 1 December 1875,[3] being named after the Clynderwen Estate, which included property in the area around the station; a previous suggestion to use the parish name Llandisilio being rejected.[4] The Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway (NR&MR) opened in 1876, the junction of that line being to the west of Clynderwen station; and the NR&MR trains to Rosebush used a bay at the eastern end of the up side of the station.[5] Initially trains had to reverse in and out of the platform, but with the extension of the Rosebush line to Letterston by the North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway (NP&FR) in 1895 (the NP&FR having taken over the NR&MR), the layout at Clynderwen was improved.[6]

There have been several subsequent amendments to the station's name: to Clynderwen Halt on 6 September 1965; reverting to Clynderwen on 5 May 1969; and finally becoming Clunderwen on 12 May 1980.[7]

High speed train services ran through Clunderwen to Milford Haven until the early 1990s, terminating in 1994.[8]

Trains that stop here go to Milford Haven westbound and to Swansea, Cardiff Central, Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly eastbound.

Notes

  1. ^ MacDermot 1927, pp. 572–3, 865.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 166.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 166, 64.
  4. ^ Parker & Morris 2008, p. 61.
  5. ^ Parker & Morris 2008, pp. 59, 60, 103–4.
  6. ^ Parker & Morris 2008, pp. 112–3.
  7. ^ Butt 1995, p. 64.
  8. ^ Intercity Magazine Network Map 1993 Retrieved 5 December 2012

References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Parker, Richard; Morris, John (2008) [1981]. The Railways of Pembrokeshire. Corhampton: Noodle Books. ISBN 978-1-906419-07-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Whitland   Arriva Trains Wales
West Wales Line 		  Clarbeston Road
Disused railways
Terminus   Great Western Railway
Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway 		  Llanycefn
Line and station closed
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