Llantwit Major railway station

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Llantwit Major railway station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°24′36″N 3°28′55″W / 51.410°N 3.482°W

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Llantwit Major

Welsh: Llanilltud Fawr

General information

Location

Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan
Wales

Coordinates

51°24′36″N 3°28′55″W / 51.410°N 3.482°W

Grid reference

SS970689

Managed by

Transport for Wales

Platforms

Other information

Station code

LWM

Classification

DfT category F2

Key dates

1 December 1897

opened

15 June 1964

closed

12 June 2005

reopened

Passengers

2019/20

0.277 million

2020/21

51,254

2021/22

0.172 million

2022/23

0.213 million

2023/24

0.237 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Llantwit Major railway station is a railway station serving the small town of Llantwit Major, South Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line, 18+1⁄4 miles (29.4 km) west of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend via Barry and Rhoose. The present station opened on 12 June 2005, when passenger services were restored on the section of line between Barry and Bridgend.

Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes network.

Original station

Llantwit Major was one of the five original stations which opened along with the line in 1897. Originally, there were four lines of rails through it.^[1] On the line's opening, the village of Llantwit Major lay to the south, separated from the station by fields, but the town has since expanded to the point where the station is now more or less in the centre.^[2] The station had two platforms, each with a loop line, with a substantial red brick station building on the 'down' platform. The other platform had a smaller shelter. The goods yard was also on the 'down' side. This consisted of a loop line with a centrally-placed crossover which enabled access to the brick goods shed on the outer line of the loop. Extra sidings were added in around 1900. The station closed to regular passenger services in 1964 when these facilities were withdrawn along the line. The final passenger working at the old station was on 25 June 1965 when the royal train arrived at the 'down' platform. It conveyed the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh en route to an engagement at Atlantic College. Later, the Royal Party rejoined the train for the journey to Port Talbot where the Queen was to open the new Afan Lido.^[3]

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is an hourly service westbound to Bridgend and an hourly service eastbound to Cardiff Central and Aberdare. Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction between Bridgend and Cardiff Central.^[4]

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport		Transport for Wales Vale Line	Bridgend
	Historical railways
St. Athan Line open; station closed		Great Western Railway	Llandow (Wick Road) Halt Line open; station closed

References

^ Chapman, Colin. The Vale of Glamorgan Railway. The Oakwood Press, 1998, p.37.
^ Chapman, Colin. The Vale of Glamorgan Railway. The Oakwood Press, 1998, p.151
^ Chapman, Colin. The Vale of Glamorgan Railway. The Oakwood Press, 1998, p. 89
^ GB eNRT 2015-6 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)

External links

Media related to Llantwit Major railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Train times and station information for Llantwit Major railway station from National Rail

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