Sugar Loaf railway station

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Sugar Loaf

Y Fâl

Location

Place

Foot of Sugar Loaf Mountain

Local authority

Powys

Operations

Station code

SUG

Managed by

Arriva Trains Wales

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

122

2005/06 *

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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 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.

UK Railways Portal

Sugar Loaf railway station is a remote countryside station in Powys, Wales and is the most remote station on the Heart of Wales Line 80 km (49½ miles) north east of Swansea. The railway station is located at the foot of Sugar Loaf Mountain, Powys next to the A483 road. This station is mainly used by trekkers and cyclists since it is the nearest stop to the Sugar Loaf vantage point.

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 2004/2005 there were 122 passengers, making it the 16th least used. In 2005/2006, only 59 passengers used the station, that is just over 1 passenger a week on average.

[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.