List of railway stations in Wales

Map showing the location of Wales within the United Kingdom

This is a list of railway stations in Wales, one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. It includes all railway stations in Wales that form part of the British National Rail network that currently have timetabled train services. It does not include stations on heritage railways, except for those shared with the National Rail network.

The main operator is Arriva Trains Wales who run almost all services in Wales. However Great Western Railway operates the South Wales-London service, CrossCountry operates long distance services to Central and North East England from Cardiff Central and Newport, and Virgin Trains run from North Wales-West Midlands-London.

The main rail routes in Wales include:

The table includes, where known, the year that each station was opened. Detailed records are not always available, and some stations, particularly in the South Wales Valleys area, were operated as halts for workmen, and public services only appeared later. Additionally, some station names have appeared with several variations, often changing from English to Welsh or vice versa.[1]

The station usage 2007/08 shows that 40,118,437 rail journeys begun and/or finished in Wales that year compared with 36,466,308 the previous year, a rise of 10%.

Stations

The following table lists the name of each station in English and Welsh, along with the year it first opened, and the unitary authority area in which it is situated. The table also shows the train operators who currently serve each station and the final two columns give information on the number of passengers using each station in recent years, as collated by the Office of Rail Regulation, a Government body. The figures are based on ticket sales and are given to the nearest 100.[2]

Station
English/Welsh
Year
opened
Unitary authority area Served by Station users
2013–14[2]
Station users
2014–15[2]
Aber 1908[a] Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 220,000 213,000
Abercynon 1840[3][b] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 252,000 265,000
Aberdare
Aberdâr
1988 Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 558,000 552,000
Aberdovey
Aberdyfi
1867 Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 34,500 36,700
Abererch 1867[c] Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 1,400 300
Abergavenny
Y Fenni
1854[d] Monmouthshire Arriva Trains Wales
Great Western Railway
390,000 425,000
Abergele and Pensarn
Abergele a Phen-sarn
1848[4] Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 81,200 73,600
Aberystwyth 1864[5] Ceredigion Arriva Trains Wales[e] 307,000 304,000
Ammanford
Rhydaman
1841[f][6] Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 20,000 20,200
Baglan 1996 Neath Port Talbot Arriva Trains Wales 22,600 27,500
Bangor 1848[7] Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales
Virgin Trains
663,000 671,000
Bargoed
Bargod
1858 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 209,000 222,000
Barmouth
Abermaw
Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 150,000 173,000
Barry
Y Barri
1889 Vale of Glamorgan Arriva Trains Wales 559,000 531,000
Barry Docks
Dociau'r Barri
1888 Vale of Glamorgan Arriva Trains Wales 204,000 205,000
Barry Island
Ynys y Barri
1896 Vale of Glamorgan Arriva Trains Wales[g] 621,000 608,000
Betws-y-coed 1868[8] Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 35,400 41,500
Birchgrove
Llwynbedw
1929 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 34,000 45,600
Blaenau Ffestiniog 1883[h] Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales[h] 44,800 47,700
Bodorgan 1849 Anglesey Arriva Trains Wales 5,600 5,700
Borth Ceredigion Arriva Trains Wales 52,700 53,700
Bridgend
Pen-y-bont
1850 Bridgend Arriva Trains Wales
Great Western Railway
1,670,000 1,518,000
Brithdir 1871 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 13,500 15,600
Briton Ferry
Llansawel
1994[9] Neath Port Talbot Arriva Trains Wales 35,400 36,900
Buckley
Bwcle
1890 Flintshire Arriva Trains Wales 50,500 51,700
Builth Road
Heol Llanfair-ym-Muallt
Powys Arriva Trains Wales 8,300 8,100
Bynea
Bynie
Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 1,700 2,000
Cadoxton
Tregatwg
1888 Vale of Glamorgan Arriva Trains Wales 278,000 269,000
Caergwrle 1872 Flintshire Arriva Trains Wales 24,400 23,000
Caerphilly
Caerffili
1858 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 698,000 709,000
Caersws 1863 Powys Arriva Trains Wales 45,900 49,300
Caldicot
Cil-y-coed
1932 Monmouthshire Arriva Trains Wales
CrossCountry
93,100 96,300
Cardiff Bay
Bae Caerdydd
1844[10]` Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 1,019,000 1,144,000
Cardiff Central
Caerdydd Canolog
1850 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales
CrossCountry
Great Western Railway
11,740,000 11,939,000
Cardiff Queen Street
Caerdydd Heol y Frenhines
1840 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 2,463,000 2,523,000
Carmarthen
Caerfyrddin
1902 Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales
Great Western Railway
419,000 428,000
Cathays 1983 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 807,000 861,000
Cefn-Y-Bedd 1866 Flintshire Arriva Trains Wales 9,400 8,900
Chepstow
Cas-gwent
1850 Monmouthshire Arriva Trains Wales
CrossCountry
217,000 231,000
Chirk
Y Waun
1849 Wrexham Arriva Trains Wales 70,600 70,700
Cilmeri Powys Arriva Trains Wales 2,000 2,600
Clarbeston Road 1854 Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 10,400 11,000
Clunderwen 1854 Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 24,600 25,000
Cogan 1888 Vale of Glamorgan Arriva Trains Wales 283,000 289,000
Colwyn Bay
Bae Colwyn
1849 Conwy Arriva Trains Wales
Virgin Trains
305,000 295,000
Conwy 1848[7] Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 39,000 41,600
Coryton 1911[i] Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 266,000 255,000
Criccieth
Cricieth
1867 Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 18,100 15,600
Cwmbach 1914 Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 20,300 23,000
Cwmbran
Cwmbrân
1986 Torfaen Arriva Trains Wales 348,000 354,000
Cynghordy Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 1,300 1,300
Danescourt 1987 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 85,500 95,300
Deganwy 1868 Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 11,400 10,900
Dinas Powys 1888 Vale of Glamorgan Arriva Trains Wales 96,600 105,000
Dinas Rhondda Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 62,800 59,700
Dingle Road
Heol Dingle
1904 Vale of Glamorgan Arriva Trains Wales 59,600 80,700
Dolau 1865 Powys Arriva Trains Wales 1,400 1,400
Dolgarrog 1916 Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 800 1,500
Dolwyddelan Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 4,200 4,400
Dovey Junction
Cyffordd Dyfi
Powys Arriva Trains Wales 1,800 2,400
Dyffryn Ardudwy Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 16,600 18,700
Eastbrook 1986 Vale of Glamorgan Arriva Trains Wales 169,000 171,000
Ebbw Vale Parkway
Parcffordd Glyn Ebwy
2008 Blaenau Gwent Arriva Trains Wales 264,000 254,000
Ebbw Vale Town 2015 Blaenau Gwent Arriva Trains Wales n/a n/a
Energlyn and Churchill Park
Eneu'r-glyn a Pharc Churchill
2013 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 15,900 69,400
Fairbourne 1897 Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales[j] 38,200 44,100
Fairwater
Y Tyllgoed
1987 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 50,700 67,300
Fernhill 1988 Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 24,300 25,200
Ferryside
Glanyfferi
Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 20,700 19,300
Ffairfach 1852 Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 3,100 2,800
Fishguard and Goodwick 1899 Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 17,062 19,874
Fishguard Harbour[k]
Porthladd Abergwaun
1906 Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 29,400 26,500
Flint
Y Fflint
1848[7] Flintshire Arriva Trains Wales
Virgin Trains
264,000 266,000
Garth (Bridgend)
Garth (Pen-y-bont)
1992 Bridgend Arriva Trains Wales 26,300 14,800
Garth (Powys) Powys Arriva Trains Wales 1,300 1,500
Gilfach Fargoed 1908 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 3,700 3,600
Glan Conwy 1863 Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 4,600 4,900
Gowerton
Tre-gŵyr
Swansea Arriva Trains Wales 110,000 131,000
Grangetown 1882[11] Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 180,000 183,000
Gwersyllt 1845 Wrexham Arriva Trains Wales 40,200 39,900
Harlech Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 97,600 106,000
Haverfordwest
Hwlffordd
1854 Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 136,000 140,000
Hawarden
Penarlâg
1890 Flintshire Arriva Trains Wales 40,000 36,400
Hawarden Bridge
Pont Penarlâg
Flintshire Arriva Trains Wales 4,100 4,900
Heath High Level
Lefel Uchaf y Mynydd Bychan
1915 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 348,000 375,000
Heath Low Level
Lefel Isel y Mynydd Bychan
1911 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 54,100 57,500
Hengoed 1858 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 123,000 130,000
Holyhead
Caergybi
1848[l] Anglesey Arriva Trains Wales
Virgin Trains
233,000 235,000
Hope
Yr Hob
Flintshire Arriva Trains Wales 29,700 27,500
Johnston 1856 Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 8,300 9,000
Kidwelly
Cydweli
Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 26,800 31,000
Kilgetty
Cilgeti
Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 17,100 17,200
Knucklas
Cnwclas
Powys Arriva Trains Wales 4,800 4,900
Lamphey
Llandyfai
Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales
Great Western Railway
5,000 5,600
Lisvane and Thornhill
Llys-faen a Draenen Pen-y-graig
1986 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 176,000 188,000
Llanaber Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 2,200 2,000
Llanbedr Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 9,100 12,200
Llanbister Road Powys Arriva Trains Wales 1,400 1,200
Llanbradach 1858 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 137,000 124,000
Llandaf [s] 1840[3] Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 441,000 448,000
Llandanwg 1929 Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 4,400 4,600
Llandecwyn Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 900 1,400
Llandeilo 1857[6] Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 15,800 17,400
Llandovery
Llanymddyfri
1858[12] Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 17,000 18,900
Llandrindod 1865 Powys Arriva Trains Wales 43,000 43,700
Llandudno 1858 Conwy Arriva Trains Wales
Virgin Trains
315,000 312,000
Llandudno Junction
Cyffordd Llandudno
1858[m] Conwy Arriva Trains Wales
Virgin Trains
342,000 341,000
Llandybie
Llandybïe
Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 8,200 7,500
Llanelli 1842[13] Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales
Great Western Railway
393,000 403,000
Llanfairfechan Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 12,800 12,000
Llanfairpwll [n] 1848 Anglesey Arriva Trains Wales 17,600 19,000
Llangadog 1858 Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 6,100 6,400
Llangammarch
Llangamarch
Powys Arriva Trains Wales 3,100 2,800
Llangennech 1841 Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 2,900 2,700
Llangynllo 1865 Powys Arriva Trains Wales 800 800
Llanharan 2007[14] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 163,000 165,000
Llanishen
Llanisien
1871 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 221,000 238,000
Llanrwst 1989[8] Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 19,900 21,100
Llansamlet 1885 Swansea Arriva Trains Wales 33,200 33,800
Llantwit Major
Llanilltud Fawr
2005 Vale of Glamorgan Arriva Trains Wales 304,000 301,000
Llanwrda 1858 Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 2,100 2,200
Llanwrtyd 1867 Powys Arriva Trains Wales 9,000 9,000
Llwyngwril 1863 Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 34,200 32,000
Llwynypia 1863[15] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 58,200 55,500
Machynlleth 1863 Powys Arriva Trains Wales 120,000 121,000
Maesteg 1864 Bridgend Arriva Trains Wales 219,000 188,000
Maesteg (Ewenny Road)
Maesteg Heol Ewenni
1992 Bridgend Arriva Trains Wales 3,900 2,800
Manorbier
Maenorbŷr
Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 7,800 9,600
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tudful
1853[3][o] Merthyr Tydfil Arriva Trains Wales 547,000 563,000
Merthyr Vale
Ynysowen
1883[3] Merthyr Tydfil Arriva Trains Wales 61,600 62,800
Milford Haven
Aberdaugleddau
1863 Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 61,700 65,400
Minffordd 1872 Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales[p] 14,500 11,500
Morfa Mawddach 1865 Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 10,000 10,800
Mountain Ash
Aberpennar
1846[1] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 92,000 96,700
Narberth
Arberth
Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 19,600 22,300
Neath
Castell-nedd
Neath Port Talbot Arriva Trains Wales
Great Western Railway
820,000 835,000
Newbridge
Trecelyn
2008 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 134,000 132,000
Newport
Casnewydd
1850 Newport Arriva Trains Wales
CrossCountry
Great Western Railway
2,291,000 2,389,000
Newtown (Powys)
Y Drenewydd
Powys Arriva Trains Wales 124,000 130,000
Ninian Park
Parc Ninian
1987 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 99,900 100,000
North Llanrwst
Gogledd Llanrwst
1863[8] Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 2,200 2,000
Pantyffynnon 1835[6] Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 4,800 4,400
Pembrey and Burry Port
Pen-bre a Phorth Tywyn
1852 Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales
Great Western Railway
131,000 146,000
Pembroke
Penfro
1863 Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 28,900 30,400
Pembroke Dock
Doc Penfro
1864 Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 45,200 47,400
Penally
Penalun
1972 Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 4,500 5,000
Penarth 1878[11] Vale of Glamorgan Arriva Trains Wales 600,000 597,000
Pencoed 1850 Bridgend Arriva Trains Wales 297,000 239,000
Pengam Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 461,000 469,000
Penhelig 1933 Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 9,200 9,000
Penmaenmawr Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 15,300 13,900
Penrhiwceiber 1883[3] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 49,400 49,700
Penrhyndeudraeth 1867 Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 40,700 40,000
Pensarn (Gwynedd) Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 1,800 2,100
Pentre-bach 1886[3] Merthyr Tydfil Arriva Trains Wales 28,300 33,500
Pen-y-bont
Pen-y-bont (Powys)
Powys Arriva Trains Wales 1,500 1,700
Penychain Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 3,100 3,300
Penyffordd
Pen-y-ffordd
1877 Flintshire Arriva Trains Wales 22,200 24,600
Pontarddulais 1840 Swansea Arriva Trains Wales 4,700 5,300
Pontlottyn
Pontlotyn
1859 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 20,900 21,900
Pontyclun
Pont-y-clun
1850 Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 281,000 296,000
Pont-y-Pant Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 1,400 1,700
Pontypool and New Inn
Pont-y-pŵl a New Inn
1852 Torfaen Arriva Trains Wales 58,100 58,500
Pontypridd 1840[1] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 861,000 800,000
Port Talbot Parkway
Parcffordd Port Talbot
1850 Neath Port Talbot Arriva Trains Wales
Great Western Railway
510,000 500,000
Porth
Y Porth
1876[15] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 307,000 314,000
Porthmadog Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales[q] 53,000 55,900
Prestatyn 1848[7] Denbighshire Arriva Trains Wales
Virgin Trains
363,000 349,000
Pwllheli 1869 Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 30,700 54,300
Pyle
Y Pîl
1850[16] Bridgend Arriva Trains Wales 156,000 114,000
Quakers Yard
Mynwent-y-Crynwyr
1841[1] Merthyr Tydfil Arriva Trains Wales 83,000 82,700
Radyr 1863[3] Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 469,000 475,000
Rhiwbina 1911 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 46,300 69,200
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport
Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd Y Rhws
2005[17] Vale of Glamorgan Arriva Trains Wales 185,000 168,000
Rhosneigr 1907 Anglesey Arriva Trains Wales 17,900 17,000
Rhyl
Y Rhyl
1848[7] Denbighshire Arriva Trains Wales
Virgin Trains
591,000 544,000
Rhymney
Rhymni
1858 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 198,000 211,000
Risca and Pontymister
Rhisga a Phont-y-meistr
2008 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 109,000 108,000
Rogerstone
Tŷ-du
2008 Newport Arriva Trains Wales 115,000 106,000
Roman Bridge
Pont Rufeinig
Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 800 700
Ruabon
Rhiwabon
1846[18] Wrexham Arriva Trains Wales 93,300 99,800
Sarn 1992 Bridgend Arriva Trains Wales 78,200 61,500
Saundersfoot Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales
Great Western Railway
7,800 8,300
Severn Tunnel Junction
Cyffordd Twnnel Hafren
1886 Monmouthshire Arriva Trains Wales
CrossCountry
Great Western Railway
215,000 239,000
Shotton Flintshire Arriva Trains Wales 248,000 241,000
Skewen
Sgiwen
1882[16] Neath Port Talbot Arriva Trains Wales 36,700 45,400
Sugar Loaf 1868 Powys Arriva Trains Wales 200 100
Swansea
Abertawe
1850[1] Swansea Arriva Trains Wales
Great Western Railway
2,116,000 2,166,000
Taffs Well
Ffynnon Taf
1863[3] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 324,000 338,000
Talsarnau Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 7,000 5,800
Talybont
Tal-y-bont
Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 20,300 22,100
Tal-y-Cafn
Tal-y-cafn
Conwy Arriva Trains Wales 2,400 2,100
Tenby
Dinbych-y-pysgod
1863 Pembrokeshire Arriva Trains Wales 112,000 121,000
Tir-Phil 1858 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 23,600 26,200
Tondu 1864 Bridgend Arriva Trains Wales 56,900 43,400
Tonfanau Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 2,700 3,300
Ton Pentre
Tonpentre
1861 Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 46,800 47,100
Tonypandy 1908[15] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 79,300 82,400
Treforest
Trefforest
1845[3] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 825,000 810,000
Treforest Estate
Ystad Trefforest
1942[3] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 114,000 120,000
Trehafod 1841[1] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 31,100 31,700
Treherbert 1901[15] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 542,000 522,000
Treorchy
Treorci
1884[15] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 74,400 77,800
Troed-y-rhiw 1841[3] Merthyr Tydfil Arriva Trains Wales 44,500 48,400
Ty Croes 1848 Anglesey Arriva Trains Wales 4,100 4,800
Ty Glas
Tŷ Glas
1987 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 131,000 147,000
Tygwyn Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales 1,400 1,200
Tywyn 1863 Gwynedd Arriva Trains Wales[r] 97,700 105,000
Valley
Y Fali
1849 Anglesey Arriva Trains Wales 18,200 16,700
Waun-gron Park
Parc Waun-gron
1987 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 55,500 71,100
Welshpool
Y Trallwng
1862 Powys Arriva Trains Wales 122,000 134,000
Whitchurch (Cardiff)
Eglwys Newydd
1911 Cardiff Arriva Trains Wales 11,400 16,200
Whitland
Hendy-gwyn ar Daf
1854 Carmarthenshire Arriva Trains Wales 54,300 54,600
Wildmill
Melin Wyllt
1992 Bridgend Arriva Trains Wales 17,800 19,700
Wrexham Central
Wrecsam Canolog
1887[19] Wrexham Arriva Trains Wales 53,100 73,400
Wrexham General
Wrecsam Cyffredinol
1846[18] Wrexham Arriva Trains Wales
Virgin Trains
591,000 552,000
Ynyswen 1986[15] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 9,700 10,100
Ystrad Mynach 1858 Caerphilly Arriva Trains Wales 312,000 318,000
Ystrad Rhondda 1986[15] Rhondda Cynon Taf Arriva Trains Wales 52,100 51,000

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Footnotes

a Aber opened in 1908 as Beddau Halt. It was renamed in 1926 as Aber Junction Halt, then in 1968 renamed as Aber Halt. It gained its current name in 1969, after a station in Gwynedd named Aber had been closed in 1960.
b Abercynon opened in 1840 as Navigation House. It was renamed in 1846 as Aberdare Junction, then in 1896 was renamed as Abercynon. It was renamed Abercynon South in 1988, upon the opening of Abercynon North. It reverted to Abercynon in 2008 upon the closure of Abercynon North.
c Abererch was renamed in 1956 as Abererch Halt. The name was changed back in 1968. The station closed in 1994, although it has since reopened.
d Abergavenny was renamed in 1950 as Abergavenny Monmouth Road. The name was changed back in 1968.
e Aberystwyth is also served by the Vale of Rheidol Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway.[20]
f Ammanford opened in 1841 as Duffryn. It was renamed in 1889 as Tirydail, and gained its current name in 1960.
g Barry Island is also served by the Barry Island Railway, a standard-gauge heritage railway, also known as the Vale of Glamorgan Railway.[21]
h The present station at Blaenau Ffestiniog was opened in 1982, on the site of the 1882 Great Western Railway station from where trains ran to Bala. This line closed in 1961. The London & North Western Railway line from Llandudno originally terminated to the North of the present location, having reached the town in 1879. The present station is also served by the Ffestiniog Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway.[22]
i Coryton was relocated in 1931.
j Fairbourne is also served by the nearby Fairbourne Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway.[23]
k Fishguard Harbour is unusual in that it is not owned by Network Rail, but is privately owned by the ferry operator Stena Line, who operate between Fishguard and Rosslare Europort.[24]
l The first station at Holyhead was opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway in 1848 but this was replaced by the second in 1851. The present station was opened by the London & North Western Railway in 1880.
m Llandudno Junction was opened in 1858 on a site slightly to the West of its present location. The station moved to the present site in 1897 in order to allow room for expansion.[25]
n Although Llanfairpwll is famous for having the longest station name in Britain, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, this is only used unofficially. The longest officially used station name on Britain's railway network is in fact Rhoose Cardiff International Airport, in South Wales.
o In 1853 a station called Merthyr High Street was first opened on the present day site of Merthyr Tydfil. It was rebuilt on part of the original site in 1974 and again in 1996.[26][3]
p Minffordd is also served by the Ffestiniog Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway.[22]
q Porthmadog is also served by the Ffestiniog Railway, and the Welsh Highland Railway, both narrow-gauge heritage railways.[22][27]
r Tywyn is also served by the Talyllyn Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway.[28]
s Although the English spelling for the area served is Llandaff, the station uses the Welsh spelling Llandaf

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