Clunderwen railway station explained

Clunderwen
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire
Country:Wales
Coordinates:51.841°N -4.732°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Transport for Wales
Platforms:2
Code:CUW
Classification:DfT category F2
Original:South Wales Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:2 January 1854
Events:Opened as Narberth Road for Cardigan and Tenby
Years1:1863
Events1:Renamed Narberth Road for Cardigan
Years2:1 December 1875
Events2:Renamed Clynderwen
Years3:6 September 1965
Events3:Renamed Clynderwen Halt
Years4:5 May 1969
Events4:Renamed Clynderwen
Years5:12 May 1980
Events5:Renamed Clunderwen
Footnotes: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 unmanned. It is a request stop.

History

The South Wales Railway was extended from to on 2 January 1854, 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.

The station was renamed Clynderwen on 1 December 1875, 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. 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 used a bay at the eastern end of the up side of the station. Initially trains had to reverse in and out of the platform, but with the extension of the Rosebush line to 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.

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.

Services

InterCity 125 services ran through Clunderwen to Milford Haven until the early 1990s, terminating in 1994.[1]

Trains that stop here go to Milford Haven westbound and to Swansea, Cardiff Central, Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly eastbound. A basic two-hourly frequency runs Mon-Sat, with fewer trains on Sundays.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/Reviews/Resources/InterCity%20mag%2093%202.jpg Intercity Magazine Network Map 1993