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[[File:Whitland railway station, Wales in 1971.jpg|left|thumb|Whitland station in August 1971 with a train for Carmarthen]]
[[File:Whitland railway station, Wales in 1971.jpg|left|thumb|Whitland station in August 1971 with a train for Carmarthen]]

Revision as of 20:05, 29 March 2012

Whitland
General information
Other namesTemplate:Lang-cy
LocationCarmarthenshire
Managed byArriva Trains Wales
Platforms3
Other information
Station codeWTL
Whitland station in August 1971 with a train for Carmarthen

Whitland railway station serves the town of Whitland in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the main route of the West Wales Line from Swansea. To the west of the station, the lines diverge, with one branch serving Pembroke and the other Milford Haven or Fishguard. Formerly, the Whitland and Cardigan Railway (closed in 1962) diverged from the Fishguard line two miles west of Whitland.

Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales, using a mixture of Class 158 and Class 175 Diesel Multiple Units as well as First Great Western Inter City 125 units on summer journeys from London to Pembroke Dock

Services

The station has an approximately hourly service (including Sundays) to and from Carmarthen and Swansea eastbound and every two hours westbound to Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock. Certain eastbound services continue onwards to Cardiff Central, Hereford and Manchester Piccadilly.

The twice daily service each way to Fishguard Harbour also calls, as do the summer Saturday HST services between London Paddington and Pembroke Dock.

A map from 1952 of the area around Whitland railway station showing the junction between the three lines
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Carmarthen   Arriva Trains Wales
West Wales Line - Pembroke branch
  Narberth
  Arriva Trains Wales
West Wales Line - Milford Haven and Fishguard branches
  Clunderwen
Carmarthen   First Great Western
London - Pembroke
  Saundersfoot
  Historical railways  
St Clears
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
South Wales Railway
  Clunderwen
Line and station open
Disused railways
Terminus   Great Western Railway
Whitland and Cardigan Railway
  Llanfalteg
Line and station closed