Whitland railway station
Whitland 
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| Welsh: Hendy-gwyn ar Daf | |
The station as seen from platform one
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| Location | |
| Place | Whitland |
| Local authority | Carmarthenshire |
| Coordinates | 51°49′05″N 4°36′50″W / 51.818°N 4.614°WCoordinates: 51°49′05″N 4°36′50″W / 51.818°N 4.614°W |
| Grid reference | SN198165 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WTL |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| 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 |
 53,880 |
| 2012/13 |
55,932 |
| 2013/14 |
 54,330 |
| 2014/15 |
54,570 |
| 2015/16 |
52,118 |
| History | |
| Original company | South Wales Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 2 January 1854 | SWR station opened |
| 4 September 1866 | P&T station opened |
| August 1869 | P&T station closed |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whitland from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Whitland railway station serves the town of Whitland in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the main route of the West Wales Line from Swansea. To the west of the station, a branch line diverges to Pembroke with the main line continuing to Milford Haven and Fishguard. Formerly, the Whitland and Cardigan Railway (closed in 1962) diverged from the Fishguard/Milford Haven line two miles west of Whitland.
Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales, using a mixture of Diesel Multiple Unit classes (predominantly Class 175, Class 150 and Class 153) and Great Western Railway who run services using Inter City 125 trains on summer Saturdays from London to Pembroke Dock.
The station was opened by the South Wales Railway on 2 January 1854 on their route from Cardiff to Haverfordwest, which was extended to Neyland two years later. A branch line to Milford Haven followed in 1863, whilst the Pembroke & Tenby Railway (P&T) arrived from the southwest in 1866 - their route was however built as standard gauge rather than the SWR's broad gauge and so initially the P&T had to terminate at its own station next to the main line one, which by now was owned by the Great Western Railway. The separate P&T station was opened on 4 September 1866, and closed in August 1869. A single line was converted to dual gauge in 1868 to allow P&T trains to reach Carmarthen, but it wasn't until 1872 that full through running between the two routes was possible with the conversion of the main line to standard gauge. The network in the area was completed when the Cardigan branch was opened in stages between 1873 & 1886.
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