Dovey Junction railway station
Dovey Junction 
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| Welsh: Cyffordd Dyfi | |
Dovey Junction with Aberystwyth-bound train approaching
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| Location | |
| Place | Derwenlas |
| Local authority | Powys |
| Grid reference | SN697980 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DVY |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1,296 |
| – Interchange |
 1,218 |
| 2012/13 |
1,694 |
| – Interchange |
1,397 |
| 2013/14 |
1,828 |
| – Interchange |
1,046 |
| 2014/15 |
2,366 |
| – Interchange |
1,029 |
| 2015/16 |
3,740 |
| – Interchange |
7,748 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1863 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dovey Junction from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Dovey Junction railway station (Welsh: Cyffordd Dyfi) is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in Wales. It is the junction where the line splits into the line to Aberystwyth and the Cambrian Coast Line to Pwllheli. Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales. There is a single island platform.
The station is in Powys, about 440 yards (400 m) NE of the junction of three counties: the current "principal areas" of Ceredigion, Powys and Gwynedd, corresponding to the traditional counties of Cardiganshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire. (Ceredigion is part of the preserved county of Dyfed.)
The station is in the midst of the large Dyfi National Nature Reserve, near the Cardigan Bay coast. There is no settlement here but, contrary to common belief, it is not completely isolated: a 0.62 miles (1 km) long path provides passenger access to and from the hamlet of Glandyfi in Ceredigion and a main road (the A487).
The station has been rebuilt twice in recent years: the original Cambrian Railways buildings were first replaced in the 1970s by a flat-roofed station building. This building was subsequently replaced in the 1990s by a simple bus shelter, having fallen into a state of disrepair and being far larger than required at this remote location.
The station platforms were raised in 2008 in conjunction with raising of the tracks, to reduce the likelihood of closure of this section of line due to flooding. The work was part of a major programme of work on the Cambrian Line, including ERTMS signalling to replace the previous RETB system and an extended (dynamic) passing loop at Welshpool to permit running an hourly service from Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth in the future.
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