Place Clynderwen Station code CUW DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 Original company South Wales Railway | Grid reference SN119192 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 24,782 | |
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Address Clynderwen SA66 7NF, United Kingdom Similar Whitland railway station, Kilgetty railway station, Saundersfoot railway station, Tenby railway station, Lamphey railway station | ||
Clunderwen railway station serves the village of Clynderwen (Welsh: Clunderwen) in Pembrokeshire, Wales.The station is currently unmanned. It is a request stop, and therefore trains will only stop if a patron requires to get on or off there.
History
The South Wales Railway was extended from Carmarthen Junction to Haverfordwest 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 Rosebush 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 Letterston 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.
High speed train services ran through Clunderwen to Milford Haven until the early 1990s, terminating in 1994.
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.