Ammanford railway station

Ammanford National Rail
Welsh: Rhydaman
Location
Place Ammanford
Local authority Carmarthenshire
Coordinates 51°47′42″N 3°59′45″W / 51.7951°N 3.9959°WCoordinates: 51°47′42″N 3°59′45″W / 51.7951°N 3.9959°W
Grid reference SN623126
Operations
Station code AMF
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  17,463
2005/06 Decrease 14,627
2006/07 Decrease 12,163
2007/08 Increase 14,784
2008/09 Increase 16,506
2009/10 Increase 17,524
2010/11 Increase 19,256
2011/12 Decrease 18,892
2012/13 Increase 20,412
2013/14 Decrease 19,912
History
Original company Llanelly Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
6 May 1841 Opened as Duffryn
1 July 1889 Renamed Tirydail
September 1960 Renamed Ammanford and Tirydail
6 September 1965 Renamed Ammanford and Tirydail Halt
5 May 1969 Renamed Ammanford and Tirydail
7 May 1973 Renamed Ammanford
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ammanford from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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From the crossing, 1994

Ammanford railway station serves the town of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated 12 miles (19.4 km) north of Swansea on today's Heart of Wales Line, the station was first opened in 1841 as a temporary terminus of the Llanelly Railway's line to Llandeilo (and branch to Cross Hands), making it one of the country's earliest railway stations.

Originally called Duffryn,[1] and then Tirydail, the station underwent a number of subsequent name changes (see the panel on the right) before being renamed Ammanford and Tirydail in 1960 following the closure in 1958 of Ammanford station on the Amman Valley branch railway. In 1973 Ammanford and Tirydail was renamed yet again: this time to plain Ammanford.

The station stands at street level about 800 m northwest of Ammanford town centre on Station Road (formerly Dyffryn Road). Old Ordnance Survey maps show that at some point between 1891 and 1906 the passenger platform was moved from the north to the south side of the Dyffryn Road level crossing.[2] As with most of the stations on the Heart of Wales Line, the original rather elegant station buildings and signal box have been demolished and now the only structures are a platform and shelter.

History

Opened by the Llanelly Railway on 6 May 1841, the station was taken over jointly by the Great Western Railway and London and North Western Railway in 1873. It became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway as a result of the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed, upon nationalization of the railways in 1948, to the Western Region of British Railways. Under British Rail sectorisation from the 1980s until railway privatization, Ammanford station was served by Regional Railways.

The station appears several times and is mentioned by name in the 1951 'Festival of Britain film', David.

Services

All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. On Mondays to Saturdays, there are four trains a day in each direction between Swansea and Shrewsbury and two each way on Sundays.

References

  1. ↑ Railway Stations Pantyffynnon to Llandeilo on the Town of Ammanford website
  2. ↑ Old Maps

External links

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Pantyffynnon   Arriva Trains Wales
Heart of Wales Line		   Llandybie
Historical railways
Parcyrhun Halt   London and North Western Railway
Shrewsbury to Llanelli Line		   Llandybie