Garth railway station (Powys)

Garth (Powys) railway station serves the village of Garth, Powys, Wales. The railway station is located at street level at the end of the Llais yr Afon lane near the village centre. The station is known as Garth (Powys) in order to differentiate it from Garth (Bridgend).[1]

Garth (Powys)
Location
PlaceGarth
Local authorityPowys
Coordinates52.133°N 3.530°W / 52.133; -3.530
Grid referenceSN953494
Operations
Station codeGTH
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 1,500
2015/16 1,058
2016/17 974
2017/18 1,032
2018/19 1,340
History
Key datesOpened 1868 (1868)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Garth (Powys) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

It formerly had a passing loop and two platforms, but only one is now used (the disused one is overgrown but still visible).

Facilities

The facilities provided here are limited to a small brick waiting shelter, timetable poster board, digital CIS display and a customer help point. No ticketing provision is available, so passengers must buy in advance of travel or on board the train.[2]

Services

All trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales. There are four trains a day in each direction from Monday to Saturday, and two services on Sundays.[3] This is a request stop, whereby passengers have to signal to the driver to board or alight from the train.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Llangammarch   Transport for Wales
Heart of Wales Line		   Cilmeri
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References
  1. Arriva Trains Wales. "Garth (Powys)". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. Garth (Powys) station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  3. GB eNRT December 2018, Table 129 (Network Rail)

Further reading
  • Organ, John (2008). Mitchell, Vic (ed.). Craven Arms to Llandeilo. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 78-79. ISBN 9781906008352. OCLC 648080889.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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