Llantwit Major railway station

Llantwit Major
Welsh: Llanilltud Fawr
Location
Place	Llantwit Major
Local authority	Vale of Glamorgan
Grid reference	SS970689
Operations
Station code	LWM
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2005/06	0.209 million
2006/07	0.255 million
2007/08	0.260 million
2008/09	0.238 million
2009/10	0.201 million
2010/11	0.197 million
2011/12	0.283 million
2012/13	0.294 million
2013/14	0.304 million
2014/15	0.301 million
History
1 December 1897	opened
15 June 1964	closed
12 June 2005	reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llantwit Major from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Llantwit Major railway station is a railway station serving the small town of Llantwit Major, South Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line, 18 ¹⁄₄ miles (29.4 km) west of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend via Barry and Rhoose. The present station opened on 12 June 2005, when passenger services were restored on the section of line between Barry and Bridgend.

Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

Original Station

Llantwit Major was one of the five original stations which opened along with the line in 1897. Originally, there were four lines of rails through it.^[1] On the line's opening, the village of Llantwit Major lay to the south, separated from the station by fields, but the town has since expanded to the point where the station is now more or less in the centre.^[2] The station had two platforms, each with a loop line, with a substantial red brick station building on the 'down' platform. The other platform had a smaller shelter. The goods yard was also on the 'down' side. This consisted of a loop line with a centrally-placed crossover which enabled access to the brick goods shed on the outer line of the loop. Extra sidings were added in around 1900. The station closed to regular passenger services in 1964 when these facilities were withdrawn along the line. The final passenger working at the old station was on 25 June 1965 when the royal train arrived at the 'down' platform. It conveyed the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh en route to an engagement at Atlantic College. Later, the Royal Party rejoined the train for the journey to Port Talbot where the Queen was to open the new Afan Lido.^[3]

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is an hourly service westbound to Bridgend and an hourly service eastbound to Cardiff Central and Aberdare. Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction between Bridgend and Cardiff Central.^[4]

References

1. Chapman, Colin. The Vale of Glamorgan Railway. The Oakwood Press, 1998, p.37.
2. Chapman, Colin. The Vale of Glamorgan Railway. The Oakwood Press, 1998, p.151
3. Chapman, Colin. The Vale of Glamorgan Railway. The Oakwood Press, 1998, p. 89
4. GB eNRT 2015-6 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Llantwit Major railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 51°24′36″N 3°28′55″W / 51.410°N 3.482°W