Milford Haven railway station
Milford Haven 
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| Welsh: Aberdaugleddau | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Milford Haven |
| Local authority | Pembrokeshire |
| Coordinates | 51°42′54″N 5°02′28″W / 51.715°N 5.041°WCoordinates: 51°42′54″N 5°02′28″W / 51.715°N 5.041°W |
| Grid reference | SM900062 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MFH |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 62,040 |
| 2012/13 |
62,812 |
| 2013/14 |
 61,720 |
| 2014/15 |
65,356 |
| 2015/16 |
64,034 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 7 September 1863 |
| 7 September 1863 | Opened as Milford |
| 1902 | Renamed Old Milford |
| 1910 | Renamed Milford Haven |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Milford Haven from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Milford Haven railway station serves the town of Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Opened on 7 September 1863, it was originally known as Milford, becoming Old Milford by January 1902, and finally being renamed Milford Haven by April 1910. It is the westernmost railway station in Wales, but not in Great Britain as some stations in Scotland are further west.
The first links to a railway to Milford Haven came through the completion of the South Wales Railway in 1856. Brunel had a vision of connecting London to New York via a railway through Wales and then to a commuter port. The initial plan was to terminate the line at Fishguard and to create a ferry service to Ireland. The failure to complete Irish rail links meant that the terminus was modified to a location on the Milford Haven waterway. 1854 saw track reach Haverfordwest, at which point a decision had to be made as to the terminus. New Milford at Neyland was selected, in spite of opposition from Greville, and was completed in April 1856. As a result, Greville determined to finance a project himself which would see the railway come to Milford Haven under the Milford Junction Railway, a four-mile spur from Johnston. Construction began in August 1856 and lasted five years, finally completed in 1863, when the line was connected to the South Wales Railway at Johnston, and a station at Milford was opened. The line was, and remains, single track, but sufficient room was allowed in cuttings and under bridges for doubling the track if required. The opportunity to provide a rival to the South Wales Railway by using Milford as a terminus to the Manchester and Milford Railway was also explored at this time.
Excavation work was necessary to provide an embankment upon which the approaching track could be laid skirting the shoreline of Hubberston Pill. Public services commenced 7 September 1863. Further track was laid towards the recently constructed docks complex in 1875. A spur to Newton Noyes, known as the 'Estate Line', was completed in 1882. It connected with a pier, which was reached via a lifting bridge at Castle Pill; the junction with the Milford line oppostite the station. This development highlighted Milford station's less than favorable location, although equidistant between the two major populations of Milford and Hakin, it was at a distance from the quayside and with no discernible pedestrian access. To rectify the issue, the short-lived Hakin Dock Station was constructed in 1898.
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