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Pembroke Dock railway station serves the town of Pembroke Dock in Pembrokeshire,

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of the Pembroke Dock branch of West Wales Lines from , southwest of .

History

It was opened on 8 August 1864 by the Pembroke and Tenby Railway as an extension of their route from to serve the Royal Navy dockyard in the town, though it was not until 1866 that the P&T route finally reached the main line at Whitland. When constructed, the line was notable having been built as standard gauge, not the 7-foot broad gauge used by the Great Western Railway at the time; and so it was isolated from the South Wales Railway main line until 1868, when dual gauge track was laid as far as to meet the standard gauge tracks of the London and North Western Railway. In 1872, the GWR converted all of its lines in the area to standard gauge. Originally, the station had two platforms. Both remain but only the southern one is in use (the track serving the other has now been removed). Part of the main building has been converted into ''The Station Inn'', a real ale

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. Originally carrying munitions, the freight branch ran past the station across local streets down to the actual dockside until 1969. Subsequently, albeit partially, the track has been lifted. Coal trains to Pembroke Dock ran until the end oft 1978. The twice-weekly service had become uneconomic: in 1969, almost 800 wagons carrying over 10,000 tons of coal had been carried, compared with only 218 wagons with 3,500 tonnes of coal in the first nine months of 1978. In 2020, the Grade II

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was regenerated as part of the £24 million Wales Station Improvement Scheme, which saw the restoration of the station canopies while keeping the historic design and character of the station.

Facilities

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is the operator; the station is unstaffed; ticket machine is installed; CIS displays provide train running information in addition to the standard timetable poster boards and public telephone. The station canopies remain to provide a covered waiting area with bench seating. There are no waiting rooms. Level access is available from the car park and at the main entrance to the platform.

Services

There is a regular daily service to/from via Carmarthen and , with some through trains to/from and further east (one service originating at Manchester Piccadilly). Connections are available at Swansea for mainline destinations at other times. Trains run every two hours Mon-Sat, with a less frequent service on Sundays. On summer Saturdays, the station is served by Great Western Railway who provide two trains to London Paddington. One train arrives from London Paddington and one train starts in the morning at Swansea. The service is named as the Pembroke Coast Express and until 2019, it was operated by

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HST sets which have now been replaced by new Class 800 trains."South Pembrokeshire stations, including Tenby and Pembroke Dock, welcome new GWR train"
Davies, Ruth ''Western Telegraph'' news article 30 May 2019; Retrieved 19 August 2019

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{{UK International Rail stations Railway stations in Pembrokeshire DfT Category F1 stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail Railway stations served by Great Western Railway Railway stations serving harbours and ports in the United Kingdom

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