Bynea railway station

Bynea

Welsh: Bynie
National Rail
General information
LocationBynea, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
Wales
Coordinates51°40′19″N 4°05′56″W / 51.672°N 4.099°W / 51.672; -4.099
Grid referenceSS549991
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBYE
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1840
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 2,336
2020/21Decrease 34
2021/22Increase 820
2022/23Increase 1,266
2023/24Increase 1,990
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bynea railway station (Welsh: Bynie) serves the village of Bynea near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, 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.

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.

Freight services operated by DB Cargo to the Trostre Steelworks in Llanelli from Margam pass Bynea.[3]

Preceding station National Rail 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
  3. ^ Trains, Realtime. "Realtime Trains | 6B33 1349 Theale Puma to Robeston Sdgs | 25/08/2023". www.realtimetrains.co.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

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