Pen-y-Bont railway station

Pen-y-Bont railway station is a railway station serving the village of Penybont, in mid Wales. It is situated on the Heart of Wales Line 48 ¹⁄₂ miles (78.1 km) south west of Shrewsbury. The station is located closer to the villages of Crossgates and Fron than it is to Penybont itself, and is now the closest station to the town of Rhayader, about 9 miles to the west.

This article is about the railway station in Powys. For the railway station in Bridgend (Pen-y-Bont ar Ogwr), see Bridgend railway station.

Pen-y-Bont
Location
Place	Penybont
Local authority	Powys
Coordinates	52.274°N 3.322°W / 52.274; -3.322
Grid reference	SO097648
Operations
Station code	PNY
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	1,706
2015/16	1,480
2016/17	1,858
2017/18	1,824
2018/19	1,854
History
Key dates	Opened 1865 (1865)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pen-y-Bont from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Facilities

The station is an unstaffed request stop with one active platform (the disused southbound one is still visible).[1] It is provided with the same amenities as other Heart of Wales line stations, including CIS display, customer help point, timetable poster board and payphone. A small wooden waiting shelter is located near to the information screen, with a barrow crossing linking the platform to the car park and main entrance from the A44.[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 (plus a fifth northbound train on weekdays only), and two services on Sundays.[3]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Llandrindod		Transport for Wales Heart of Wales Line		Dolau

References

1. Pen-y-bont railway station (2014) Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 26 July 2017
2. Pen-y-bont station facilities National Rail Enquiries
3. Table 129 National Rail timetable, December 2018

Further reading

• Organ, John (2008). Mitchell, Vic (ed.). Craven Arms to Llandeilo. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 46-49. ISBN 9781906008352. OCLC 648080889.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

Media related to Pen-y-Bont railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Pen-y-Bont railway station from National Rail