Pantyffynnon railway station
Pantyffynnon 
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| Location | |
| Place | Pantyffynnon |
| Local authority | Carmarthenshire |
| Coordinates | 51°46′44″N 3°59′49″W / 51.779°N 3.997°WCoordinates: 51°46′44″N 3°59′49″W / 51.779°N 3.997°W |
| Grid reference | SN622107 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PTF |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| 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 |
 3,888 |
| 2012/13 |
 4,388 |
| 2013/14 |
4,788 |
| 2014/15 |
4,362 |
| 2015/16 |
3,710 |
| History | |
| 1841 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pantyffynnon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Pantyffynnon railway station is a railway station serving the village of Pantyffynnon, in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It is situated on the Heart of Wales Line at its junction with the branch lines to Brynamman and Abernant.
The station was originally fairly large and built adjacent to the Dynevor tinplate works and included station buildings, signal box, freight yard and from 1931 a small railway locomotive shed. The signal box (formerly one of three at the station and dating from 1892) is the only surviving example on the HoW route and since 1986, it has supervised the entire line north of here to Craven Arms using a system of working known as No Signalman Token Remote (NSTR). It is also a 'fringe box' for the power box at Port Talbot, which controls the line south from here towards Llanelli and supervises access to the freight branch to Gwaun-cae-Gurwen (which is worked under 'One Train Working' regulations).
The Llanelly Railway first reached the village as long ago as 1839, continuing eastwards to Garnant following within a year and the main line being extended to Duffryn (the current Ammanford) in May 1841. The station on the current site was first built at this time, although it has undergone several significant alterations since then. Brynamman would be reached (under GWR auspices) in 1886, some 45 years after the opening of the mineral line from Garnant to Gwaun-cae-Gurwen, whilst the network of routes reached from Pantyffynnon would be completed in 1922 with the opening of the short branch to the colliery at Abernant. This was planned to be a through route to connect the coalfield with the Swansea District Line but was never completed. Neither it nor the GcG branch was ever used by passenger services, even though a number of stations were built on both lines.
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