General information | |||||
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Location | Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 51°50′28″N4°43′55″W / 51.841°N 4.732°W | ||||
Grid reference | SN119192 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | CUW | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | South Wales Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
2 January 1854 | Opened as Narberth Road for Cardigan and Tenby | ||||
1863 | Renamed Narberth Road for Cardigan | ||||
1 December 1875 | Renamed Clynderwen | ||||
6 September 1965 | Renamed Clynderwen Halt | ||||
5 May 1969 | Renamed Clynderwen | ||||
12 May 1980 | Renamed Clunderwen | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 20,252 | ||||
2020/21 | 2,486 | ||||
2021/22 | 12,382 | ||||
2022/23 | 16,522 | ||||
2023/24 | 18,948 | ||||
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Clunderwen railway station serves the village of Clynderwen (Welsh :Clunderwen) in Pembrokeshire,Wales. The station is unmanned. It is a request stop.
The South Wales Railway was extended from Carmarthen Junction to Haverfordwest on 2 January 1854, [1] and among the original stations was one known as Narberth Road for Cardigan and Tenby;this was simplified to Narberth Road for Cardigan in 1863. [2]
The station was renamed Clynderwen on 1 December 1875, [3] being named after the Clynderwen Estate,which included property in the area around the station;a previous suggestion to use the parish name Llandisilio was rejected. [4] The Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway (NR&MR) opened in 1876,the junction of that line being to the west of Clynderwen station;and the NR&MR trains to Rosebush used a bay at the eastern end of the up side of the station. [5] Initially trains had to reverse in and out of the platform,but with the extension of the Rosebush line to Letterston by the North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway (NP&FR) in 1895 (the NP&FR having taken over the NR&MR),the layout at Clynderwen was improved. [6]
There have been several subsequent amendments to the station's name:to Clynderwen Halt on 6 September 1965;reverting to Clynderwen on 5 May 1969;and finally becoming Clunderwen on 12 May 1980. [7]
InterCity 125 services ran through Clunderwen to Milford Haven until the early 1990s,terminating in 1994. [8]
Trains that stop here go to Milford Haven westbound and to Swansea,Cardiff Central,Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly eastbound. [9] A basic two-hourly frequency runs Mon-Sat,with fewer trains on Sundays.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Whitland | Transport for Wales West Wales line | Clarbeston Road | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Terminus | Great Western Railway Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway | Llanycefn Line and station closed |
The West Wales lines are a group of railway lines from Swansea through Carmarthenshire to Pembrokeshire, West Wales. The main part runs from Swansea to Carmarthen and Whitland, where it becomes three branches to Fishguard, Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock.
Clynderwen is a rural linear village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, which was historically part of the county of Carmarthenshire. It lies on the A478 Tenby to Cardigan road south of the village of Llandissilio and north of the town of Narberth.
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