Clunderwen railway station

Clunderwen railway station serves the village of Clynderwen (Welsh: Clunderwen) in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The station is unmanned. It is a request stop.

Clunderwen
The staggered platforms at Clunderwen station
General information
Location	Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire Wales
Coordinates	51.841°N 4.732°W / 51.841; -4.732
Grid reference	SN119192
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CUW
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	South Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
2 January 1854	Opened as Narberth Road for Cardigan and Tenby
1863	Renamed Narberth Road for Cardigan
1 December 1875	Renamed Clynderwen
6 September 1965	Renamed Clynderwen Halt
5 May 1969	Renamed Clynderwen
12 May 1980	Renamed Clunderwen
Passengers
2018/19	21,974
2019/20	20,252
2020/21	2,486
2021/22	12,382
2022/23	16,522
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The South Wales Railway was extended from Carmarthen Junction to Haverfordwest on 2 January 1854,^[1] 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.^[2]

The station was renamed Clynderwen on 1 December 1875,^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7]

Services

InterCity 125 services ran through Clunderwen to Milford Haven until the early 1990s, terminating in 1994.^[8]

Trains that stop here go to Milford Haven westbound and to Swansea, Cardiff Central, Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly eastbound.^[9] A basic two-hourly frequency runs Mon-Sat, with fewer trains on Sundays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Whitland		Transport for Wales West Wales line		Clarbeston Road
	Disused railways
Terminus		Great Western Railway Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway		Llanycefn Line and station closed

Notes

1. MacDermot 1927, pp. 572–3, 865.
2. Butt 1995, p. 166.
3. Butt 1995, pp. 166, 64.
4. Parker & Morris 2008, p. 61.
5. Parker & Morris 2008, pp. 59, 60, 103–4.
6. Parker & Morris 2008, pp. 112–3.
7. Butt 1995, p. 64.
8. Intercity Magazine Network Map 1993. Retrieved 5 December 2012
9. Table 128 National Rail timetable, May 2016

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway.
• Parker, Richard; Morris, John (2008) [1981]. The Railways of Pembrokeshire. Corhampton: Noodle Books. ISBN 978-1-906419-07-3.

External links

Media related to Clunderwen railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Clunderwen railway station from National Rail
• Clynderwen Station on navigable 1946 O.S. map