Llansamlet railway station
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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
.
As the station is unmanned, passengers boarding must buy their tickets on the train. There is a free car park for rail passengers.
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 near normal service operates on most Bank Holidays.
approximately 0.45 miles west of the present station at
51°39′33.6"N 3°53′40.9"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.
Llansamlet
Llansamlet is the name of an electoral ward and a coterminous community City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. Llansamlet does not have a community council....
, Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The station is located below street level at Frederick Place in Peniel Green. It is served by local trains operated by Arriva Trains Wales
Arriva Trains Wales
Arriva Trains Wales is a train operating company, owned by Arriva, that operates urban and inter urban passenger services in Wales and the Welsh Marches...
on the South Wales Main Line
South Wales Main Line
The South Wales Main Line , originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain...
between Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
and Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
.
Facilities
The station has two platforms:- Platform 1, situated east of the Frederick Place overbridge, is for westbound trains towards SwanseaSwansea railway stationSwansea railway station is a railway station that serves Swansea, Wales. The station is one of four in the City and County of Swansea and is the fourth busiest in Wales after Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street and Newport.-History:...
- Platform 2, situated west of the bridge, is for eastbound trains towards Cardiff CentralCardiff Central railway stationCardiff Central railway station is a major railway station on the South Wales Main Line in Cardiff, Wales.It is the largest and busiest station in Wales and one of the major stations of the British rail network, the tenth busiest station in the United Kingdom outside of London , based on 2007/08...
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 near normal service operates on most Bank Holidays.
Former station
The former GWR station (from its 1885 opening until closed in 1964) was situatedapproximately 0.45 miles west of the present station at
51°39′33.6"N 3°53′40.9"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.