Llansamlet railway station

Llansamlet National Rail
Location
Place Llansamlet
Local authority Swansea
Grid reference SS697975
Operations
Station code LAS
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12 Increase 32,550
2012/13 Increase 34,008
2013/14 Decrease 33,200
2014/15 Decrease 32,848
2015/16 Increase 33,862
History
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
1 January 1885 (1885-01-01) Station opened as Llansamlet
February 1950 Renamed Llansamlet North
2 November 1964 Station closed
27 June 1994 New station opened as Llansamleton different site
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llansamlet from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Llansamlet railway station is a minor railway station in Llansamlet, Swansea, Wales. The station is located below street level at Frederick Place in Peniel Green. It is served by local trains operated by Arriva Trains Wales on the South Wales Main Line between Swansea and Cardiff.

Facilities

The station has two (offset) platforms:

As the station is unmanned, passengers boarding must buy their tickets on the train. There is a free car park for rail passengers. Waiting shelters, timetable poster boards and digital CIS displays are provided on each side. Step-free access is available via ramps to both platforms.[1]

Services

Journey times are around 10 minutes to Swansea and one hour to Cardiff.

At present Llansamlet is served by a train every two hours in both directions on weekdays, with a few westbound trains extended to Llanelli or Carmarthen.[2] But no trains at present call on a Sunday. A normal service operates on most Bank Holidays.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Skewen   Arriva Trains Wales
South Wales Main Line		   Swansea

Former station

The former GWR station (from its 1885 opening until closed in 1964) was situated approximately 720 metres (0.45 miles) west of the present station, at 51°39′33″N 3°53′42″W / 51.65917°N 3.89500°W / 51.65917; -3.89500 (Former Llansamlet railway station), on the embankment to the west of the Station Road bridge.[3]

Blocked access steps leading up to the platform can still be seen today on the northern approach to the bridge.

Notes

  1. ↑ Llansamlet station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 5 April 2017
  2. ↑ Table 128 National Rail timetable, December 2016
  3. ↑ André Scoville, "Images of Wales: Swansea, Llandore, Clydach, Llansamlet and Morriston", ISBN 0-7524-2153-0, chapter 5

Coordinates: 51°39′41″N 3°53′05″W / 51.6615°N 3.8848°W / 51.6615; -3.8848

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