Kidwelly railway station
Kidwelly railway station serves the town of Kidwelly (Welsh: Cydweli), Carmarthenshire, Wales. The station is situated on the coast just southwest of Kidwelly itself. It is 234 miles 32 chains (377.2 km) from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Stroud.
Kidwelly Welsh: Cydweli | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire Wales |
| Coordinates | 51.734°N 4.317°W |
| Grid reference | SN401064 |
| Managed by | Transport for Wales |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | KWL |
| Classification | DfT category F1 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 | 27,596 |
| 2019/20 | 24,378 |
| 2020/21 | 4,054 |
| 2021/22 | 15,544 |
| 2022/23 | 20,972 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station was opened by the South Wales Railway on 11 October 1852 and was once the junction for a branch of the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway which ran via Ty Coch to Trimsaran Road. This connection, which lay just to the east of the level crossing, was re-used between 1984 and 1996 for coal traffic to/from the washery at Coedbach following the closure of the flood-prone BP&GVR main line to Burry Port in 1983. Nothing remains today to show the industrial heritage of the railway here, as the branch has been dismantled.