Clunderwen railway station

Clunderwen
National Rail
The station's staggered platforms
General information
LocationClynderwen, Pembrokeshire
Wales
Coordinates51°50′28″N 4°43′55″W / 51.841°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
2019/20Decrease 20,252
2020/21Decrease 2,486
2021/22Increase 12,382
2022/23Increase 16,522
2023/24Increase 18,948
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

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]

InterCity 125 services ran through Clunderwen to Milford Haven until the early 1990s, terminating in 1994.[8]

Services

Transport for Wales operates services between Milford Haven westbound and Swansea, Cardiff Central, Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly eastbound. A basic two-hourly frequency runs on Mondays to Saturdays, with fewer trains on Sundays.[9]

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

References

Citations

  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. ^ "Timetables". Transport for Wales. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2025.

Sources

Media related to Clunderwen railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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