Bynea railway station

Bynea railway station (Welsh: Bynie) serves the village of Bynea near Llanelli, West Wales. Bynea station is situated close to the Millennium Coastal Park and is a convenient stop for cyclists and hikers to the coastal area. It is also the last stop on the Heart of Wales route (on the double track section shared with the Swansea District Line) before it joins the West Wales Line at Llandeilo Junction, to the east of Llanelli.

Bynea
Welsh: Bynie
Location
PlaceBynea, Llanelli
Local authorityCarmarthenshire
Coordinates51.672°N 4.099°W / 51.672; -4.099
Grid referenceSS549991
Operations
Station codeBYE
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 2,046
2015/16 1,628
2016/17 1,950
2017/18 2,228
2018/19 2,686
History
Key datesOpened 1840 (1840)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bynea from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

All trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no permanent buildings (apart from waiting shelters), like neighbouring Llangennech. CIS displays, a customer help point and timetable poster boards provide running information. No step-free access is available to either platform.[1]

Services

There are four trains a day in each direction (towards Swansea and Shrewsbury) from Monday to Saturday, plus an extra a.m peak service from Carmarthen to Llandovery and back to Swansea on weekdays only; there are also two services each way on Sundays.[2] This is a request stop, whereby passengers have to give a hand signal to the approaching train driver to board or notify the guard when they board that they wish to alight from the train there.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Llanelli   Transport for Wales
Heart of Wales Line		   Llangennech

References
  1. Bynea station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  2. Table 129 National Rail timetable, December 2018

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