Clunderwen railway station

Clunderwen
The station as seen from platform 1
Location
Place Clynderwen
Local authority Pembrokeshire
Grid reference SN119192
Operations
Station code CUW
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 12,709
2005/06 * 12,430
2006/07 * 14,297
2007/08 * 17,439
2008/09 * 19,376
History
Original company South Wales Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
2 January 1854 Opened as Narberth Road for Cardigan and Tenby
1863 Renamed Narberth Road for Cardigan
1 December 1875 Renamed Clynderwen
6 September 1965 Renamed Clynderwen Halt
5 May 1969 Renamed Clynderwen
12 May 1980 Renamed Clunderwen
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Clunderwen from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Clunderwen railway station serves the village of Clynderwen (Welsh: Clunderwen) in Pembrokeshire.

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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]

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.

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.

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West Wales Line		   Clarbeston Road
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Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway		   Llanycefn
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