Llanfairpwll railway station

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Llanfairpwll National Rail
The famous station sign, with a pronunciation guide for English speakers
Location
Place Llanfairpwll
Local authority Anglesey
Grid reference SH525715
Operations
Station code LPG
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Owned by Network Rail
Number of platforms 2
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   6,312
2005/06 Increase 6,803
2006/07 Increase 9,137
2007/08 Increase 12,062
2008/09 Decrease 11,700
2009/10 Increase 13,524
2010/11 Increase 15,498
2011/12 Increase 17,826
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Llanfairpwll railway station is a station on the North Wales Coast Line from London Euston to Holyhead on Anglesey, serving the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales.

Opened in 1848, it suffered a catastrophic fire on 13 November 1865 and had to be totally re-constructed. It was closed in 1966 but re-opened in 1970 due to the fire on the Britannia Bridge as the terminus for trains from Holyhead, with a single wooden platform. It was again closed in January 1973 for four months and re-opened with two non-wooden platforms. The station master's house was sold in 1994 to a private company and is now a warehouse shop. The footbridge between the two platforms (the only one on the island) and the signal box remain from the original configuration. However, a turntable, sidings and goods yard have disappeared, the latter two under a car park.[1]

The station is known for its longer name, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-gogerychwyrndrobwll-llantysilio-gogogoch, but this is a Victorian composition primarily for the benefit of tourists.[2] It comprises the full name of the village, plus local topographical details, plus the name of a neighbouring church etc. The hyphens are usually omitted.

Services

Although famous for having the longest station name in the UK, trains usually stop (every two hours) only on request. These are Arriva Trains Wales services between Holyhead and Chester via Bangor, Llandudno Junction, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Prestatyn and Flint and through trains to Cardiff, Wrexham, Crewe and Birmingham International. There is a limited service (seven trains each way) on Sundays.

The station has very short platforms, only 40 yards (37 m) long.[3]

Gallery

  • The platform and station building

  • The former goods yard, now a car park

  • The signal box, a hundred yards or so up the line

See also

  • Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station - the station with the longest officially used name in Great Britain.
  • Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion - a station name contrived to be longer than Llanfairpwll
  • Longest place names in the English language

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Geraint: Anglesey Railways, pages 27-28. Carreg Gwalch, 2005
  2. ↑ See Slater's Directory.
  3. ↑ Permissible line speeds - London North Western Region (North) Network Rail. Page 104

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Coordinates: 53°13′16″N 4°12′32″W / 53.221°N 4.209°W / 53.221; -4.209

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