Pontarddulais Railway Station

Pontarddulais railway station serves the town of Pontarddulais and village of Hendy in Wales. The station is located at street level not far from the town centre and the Loughor estuary. All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. ServicesPontarddulais is a request stop, whereby passengers have to give a hand signal to the approaching train driver to board or notify the guard when they board that they wish to alight from the train there. There are five trains a day in each direction on weekdays, four on Saturdays and two services on Sundays. Four run through to northbound, with a fifth early morning service to and from on Monday to Fridays only, whilst southbound trains run to Llanelli and Swansea. HistoryBefore the arrival of the railway, due to the local rivers, Pontarddulais was already a noted local industrialised town, with two mills and two factories in existence, alongside home-based woollen looms. The station was built in 1840 on the original Llanelly Railway (LR) main line, from to. There a direct connection was made with the Central Wales Railway, which along with other lines was controlled by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), enabling the LNWR to connect the South Wales coast with industrialised Northwest England, via, Shrewsbury and Crewe. In 1868, the LR made the mistake of not renewing its right to the lease of the Vale of Towy. The LNWR subsequently negotiated a track-access agreement with the LR, enabling it to gain running powers to, which helped the LNWR's strategic plan to reach the South Wales coast and hence break into Great Western Railway (GWR) territory. The completed Central Wales line was opened in June 1868.

Pontarddulais railway station serves the town of Pontarddulais and village of Hendy in Wales. The station is located at street level not far from the town centre and the Loughor estuary. All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. ServicesPontarddulais is a request stop, whereby passengers have to give a hand signal to the approaching train driver to board or notify the guard when they board that they wish to alight from the train there. There are five trains a day in each direction on weekdays, four on Saturdays and two services on Sundays. Four run through to northbound, with a fifth early morning service to and from on Monday to Fridays only, whilst southbound trains run to Llanelli and Swansea. HistoryBefore the arrival of the railway, due to the local rivers, Pontarddulais was already a noted local industrialised town, with two mills and two factories in existence, alongside home-based woollen looms. The station was built in 1840 on the original Llanelly Railway (LR) main line, from to. There a direct connection was made with the Central Wales Railway, which along with other lines was controlled by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), enabling the LNWR to connect the South Wales coast with industrialised Northwest England, via, Shrewsbury and Crewe. In 1868, the LR made the mistake of not renewing its right to the lease of the Vale of Towy. The LNWR subsequently negotiated a track-access agreement with the LR, enabling it to gain running powers to, which helped the LNWR's strategic plan to reach the South Wales coast and hence break into Great Western Railway (GWR) territory. The completed Central Wales line was opened in June 1868.