Place Llansamlet Station code LAS DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 Original company Great Western Railway | Grid reference SS697975 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 32,550 | |
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Address Llansamlet, Swansea SA7 9BH, United Kingdom Similar Skewen railway station, Baglan railway station, Pyle railway station, Swansea railway station, Neath railway station | ||
Llansamlet railway station is a minor railway station in Llansamlet, Swansea, Wales. The station is located below street level at Frederick Place in Peniel Green. It is served by local trains operated by Arriva Trains Wales on the South Wales Main Line between Swansea and Cardiff.
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Facilities
The station has two platforms:
As the station is unmanned, passengers boarding must buy their tickets on the train. There is a free car park for rail passengers.
Services
Journey times are around 10 minutes to Swansea and one hour to Cardiff.
At present Llansamlet is served by a train every two hours in both directions on weekdays. But no trains at present call on a Sunday. A normal service operates on most Bank Holidays.
Former station
The former GWR station (from its 1885 opening until closed in 1964) was situated approximately 720 metres (0.45 miles) west of the present station, at 51°39′33″N 3°53′42″W, on the embankment to the west of the Station Road bridge.
Blocked access steps leading up to the platform can still be seen today on the northern approach to the bridge.