Haverfordwest railway station

Haverfordwest railway station serves the town of Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is 63 miles (101 km) west of Swansea on the Milford Haven branch of the West Wales line

Haverfordwest Welsh: Hwlffordd
Haverfordwest railway station
Location	Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire Wales
Coordinates	51.803°N 4.960°W
Grid reference	SM960157
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HVF
Classification	DfT category D
History
Original company	South Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
2 January 1854	Station opened
Passengers
2015/16	0.136 million
2016/17	0.133 million
2017/18	0.133 million
2018/19	0.124 million
2019/20	0.113 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Whilst the station has two platforms (as the site of the only passing loop on this section), most trains use platform one as it is adjacent to the entrance and ticket office. The line through the station was double track until 1988 and the station had its own signal box,[1] but this closed when the branch from Clarbeston Road was singled and re-signalled in September of that year; the entire route is now worked under track circuit block regulations from the box at the latter station.

Facilities

The station is staffed during the daytime (07:00 – 13:30, Mondays to Saturdays only) and has toilet facilities, a newspaper kiosk, ticket office and a station buffet on platform one. For times when the station building is closed, an automated ticket kiosk allows passengers to buy tickets with a debit or credit card, or to collect tickets from purchases made online.[2] Train running information is provided by digital CIS displays, timetable posters and telephone. Step-free access is only possible to platform one, as the only route to platform two is via a stepped footbridge.

A bus stop outside the station allows interchanges with services to St Davids, Fishguard and Cardigan, as well as a direct service to Aberystwyth. There is also a Taxi rank directly outside the station.

Services

The usual service pattern is one train every two hours in each direction: southwards to Milford Haven; and east/northwards to Manchester Piccadilly via Swansea, Cardiff Central and Hereford.[3] InterCity 125 services stopped at Haverfordwest until the early 1990s, terminating in 1994.[4]

Awards

Haverfordwest railway station has received a number of awards, including Anglo-Irish Best Station Awards in 1991 and 1992. The station was refurbished in 2002 and officially re-opened on 25 April 2002.

References

1. Haverfordwest Station Signal BoxThe Signal Box website; Retrieved 22 November 2013
2. Haverfordwest station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 6 April 2017
3. Table 128 National Rail timetable, December 2018
4. Intercity Magazine Network Map 1993 Retrieved 5 December 2012

External links

Media related to Haverfordwest railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Haverfordwest railway station from National Rail