Leominster railway station
Leominster  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Leominster |
| Local authority | Herefordshire |
| Grid reference | SO501588 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LEO |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.143 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.191 million |
| 2006/07 |
0.217 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.219 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.246 million |
| 2009/10 |
 0.235 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.252 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.265 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.264 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.249 million |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Leominster from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
GW 0-4-2T in the Goods yard in 1963
Leominster railway station lies on the Welsh Marches Line serving the Herefordshire town of Leominster in England.
Leominster has 2 platforms for north (Ludlow) and south (Hereford) bound trains respectively.
History
Developed jointly by the Great Western Railway and the LNWR, it was originally a through station on their joint Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. The GWR then took over two independently financed and developed branch lines, creating a busy junction station:
- Leominster and Kington Railway to Kington and Presteigne (Platforms 3/4)
- Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway to Worcester (Platforms 4/5)
Service today
Leominster now sees a regular service to important cities. The Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:
- 1 train per hour (tph) to Manchester Piccadilly, calling at Ludlow, Craven Arms, Church Stretton, Shrewsbury, Crewe, Wilmslow and Stockport.
- 1 tph to Carmarthen, calling at Hereford, Abergavenny, Cwmbran, Newport, Cardiff Central, Bridgend, Port Talbot Parkway, Neath, Swansea, Llanelli and Pembrey and Burry Port.
- This journey is extended to Milford Haven every two hours, calling at Whitland, Clunderwen (request stop), Clarbeston Road (request stop), Haverfordwest and Johnston (request stop).
- There is also one daily service to Pembroke Dock, which calls at all stations to Carmarthen, then Whitland and all stations along the Pembroke Dock line. This service departs at 17:33, and arrives at Pembroke Dock at 22:18.
External links
- Train times and station information for Leominster railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereford | Arriva Trains Wales Welsh Marches Line |
Ludlow | ||
Coordinates: 52°13′30″N 2°43′48″W / 52.225°N 2.730°W