Llanelli railway station

Llanelli National Rail
Location
Place Llanelli
Local authority Carmarthenshire
Coordinates 51°40′26″N 4°09′40″W / 51.674°N 4.161°WCoordinates: 51°40′26″N 4°09′40″W / 51.674°N 4.161°W
Grid reference SS506994
Operations
Station code LLE
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  0.285 million
2005/06 Increase 0.297 million
2006/07 Increase 0.317 million
2007/08 Increase 0.340 million
2008/09 Increase 0.364 million
2009/10 Increase 0.365 million
2010/11 Increase 0.394 million
2011/12 Increase 0.403 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.402 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.393 million
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llanelli from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Llanelli railway station is the railway station serving the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the West Wales Line and the Heart of Wales Line. The station, and the majority of trains calling at it, are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. It is located between two Level Crossings (known as East and West) that were previously upgraded in the 1970s. More recently Network Rail has carried out a further upgrade which saw the control of these Level Crossings pass to Port Talbot Panel Signal Box.

Services

Llanelli in July 1971.

Arriva Trains Wales operate an approximately hourly service in each direction along the West Wales Line, from Manchester Piccadilly and Cardiff Central via Swansea to Carmarthen, with two-hourly extensions to Milford Haven. There is a separate (roughly two-hourly service) between Swansea and Pembroke Dock via Tenby that calls, along with the twice-daily service to and from Fishguard Harbour that runs to connect with the ferry to/from Rosslare.

The daily First Great Western service between Carmarthen and London Paddington also calls here. First Great Western also operate a summer Saturday service between London and Pembroke Dock.

There are four weekday trains a day in each direction (two on Sundays) on the Heart of Wales Line to Shrewsbury, also operated by Arriva Trains Wales. As the line from Swansea also enters Llanelli from the east, these trains must reverse direction here to continue their journeys.

Rail & sea corridor to Ireland

Arriva Trains Wales boat trains to and from Fishguard Harbour serve the station; these connect with the Stena Line ferry to Rosslare Europort in Ireland with a daily morning and evening service in both directions. Two other services to & from there also call since the branch service was improved in 2011. This route has been in existence since 1906.

History

Llanelli rail station was the scene for the Llanelli Riots of 1911. The Llanelli Riots took place on 19 August 1911. Their immediate cause was the very first Railway Strike which lasted only two days.[1] The strike started on Thursday evening, and by Saturday evening two young men had been shot dead by the military.[2] One man was killed when a railway truck exploded and, on the following day, three more people died from their injuries. The story of the Riots is set in a period of great industrial unrest, and involves prominent figures on the international scene such as Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, King George V, and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany.

Routes

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Gowerton   Arriva Trains Wales
West Wales Line		   Pembrey & Burry Port
Port Talbot Parkway   Arriva Trains Wales
Swansea District Line		   Pembrey & Burry Port
Gowerton   Arriva Trains Wales
Heart of Wales Line		   Bynea
Swansea   First Great Western
London - Carmarthen		   Pembrey & Burry Port

References

  1. ↑ Llanelli Star
  2. ↑ "Llanelli rally for Prince Philip Hospital and 1911 riot". BBC News South West Wales. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

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