Clunderwen railway station

Clunderwen railway station serves the village of Clynderwen (Welsh: Clunderwen) in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The station is unmanned. It is a request stop.

Clunderwen
National Rail
The staggered platforms at Clunderwen station
General information
LocationClynderwen, Pembrokeshire
Wales
Coordinates51.841°N 4.732°W / 51.841; -4.732
Grid referenceSN119192
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCUW
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companySouth Wales Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
2 January 1854Opened as Narberth Road for Cardigan and Tenby
1863Renamed Narberth Road for Cardigan
1 December 1875Renamed Clynderwen
6 September 1965Renamed Clynderwen Halt
5 May 1969Renamed Clynderwen
12 May 1980Renamed Clunderwen
Passengers
2017/18Increase 24,472
2018/19Decrease 21,974
2019/20Decrease 20,252
2020/21Decrease 2,486
2021/22Increase 12,382
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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]

Services

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 National Rail Following station
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

Notes
  1. MacDermot 1927, pp. 572–3, 865.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 166.
  3. Butt 1995, pp. 166, 64.
  4. Parker & Morris 2008, p. 61.
  5. Parker & Morris 2008, pp. 59, 60, 103–4.
  6. Parker & Morris 2008, pp. 112–3.
  7. Butt 1995, p. 64.
  8. Intercity Magazine Network Map 1993. Retrieved 5 December 2012
  9. Table 128 National Rail timetable, May 2016

References
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway.
  • Parker, Richard; Morris, John (2008) [1981]. The Railways of Pembrokeshire. Corhampton: Noodle Books. ISBN 978-1-906419-07-3.

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