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Tenby Tenby ( cy, Dinbych-y-pysgod, lit=fortlet of the fish) is both a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the western side of Carmarthen Bay, and a local government community. Notable features include of sandy beaches and the Pembroke ...

Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a county in the south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The county is home to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The Park oc ...

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Transport for Wales Transport for Wales (TfW; cy, Trafnidiaeth Cymru; cy, TrC, label=none) is a not-for-profit company owned by the Welsh Government and managed at arms length by its appointed board. TfW oversees the Transport for Wales Group (TfW Group) cons ...

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Pembroke and Tenby Railway The Pembroke and Tenby Railway was a locally promoted railway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was built by local supporters and opened in 1863. The line, now known as the Pembroke Dock branch line, remains in use at the present day. In 1814 a Roya ...

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Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

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Office of Rail and Road The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the economic and safety regulation of Britain's railways, and the economic monitoring of National Highways. ORR regulates Network Rail by setting its ...

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is on the branch of the West Wales Line operated by

Transport for Wales Rail Transport for Wales Rail Limited, branded as Transport for Wales and TfW Rail ( and ), is a Welsh publicly owned train operating company, a subsidiary of Transport for Wales (TfW), a Welsh Government-owned company. It commenced operations of t ...

, who also manage the station. Trains call here every two hours in each direction, westwards towards Pembroke and eastwards to , and .

History

The first station at Tenby was opened by the

as the terminus of a line from Pembroke on 6 August 1863. This original terminus station was low-lying and when the decision was made to extend the line to Whitland, a new railway was constructed from the existing Pembroke and Tenby line, at a point called Black Rock Junction, which then climbed to the higher level necessary for the extension. To the north of the station is a viaduct carrying the line towards Whitland. It has seven arches and is 136 yards (125 metres) in length. It is a Grade II listed structure. The new Tenby station was opened on 4 September 1866. The original station was then used for freight traffic and became known as "Tenby Lower Yard". It was closed and removed in 1965. The present station buildings date from 1871 and were designed by

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and built in Bath stone. The original cast iron canopy is still in place. A later passenger footbridge now links the two platforms. 80080 & 80079 Tenby Stn 17

Tenby has had two signal boxes. The first, of timber construction, opened in 1895 and closed in 1956. Its successor opened in 1956 and closed in 1988. The only

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Whitland Whitland (Welsh: , lit. "Old White House", or ''Hendy-gwyn ar Daf'', "Old White House on the River Tâf", from the medieval ''Ty Gwyn ar Daf'') is both a town and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Description The Whitland community is ...

Pembroke Dock Pembroke Dock ( cy, Doc Penfro) is a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, northwest of Pembroke on the banks of the River Cleddau. Originally Paterchurch, a small fishing village, Pembroke Dock town expanded rapidly followin ...

branch is located at Tenby, allowing east and westbound trains to pass here. As there is no longer a

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at the station, the electric token instruments for the block sections either side are operated by the train crew under the supervision of the Whitland signaller (a similar system operates on the

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). Tenby has the first application of motor points worked directly by the token system.

Facilities

The station is unmanned but has a ticket machine. There is a shelter on the eastbound platform in addition to the canopies on each side. Train running information is available via digital display screens, a help point on platform 2, timetable posters and by telephone. There is a payphone in the station car park. The platforms are linked by footbridge, but wheelchair and mobility impaired users may reach the eastbound platform by means of a

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(with assistance). Level access is available from the car park to the westbound platform.

Services

A train for Pembroke Dock standing at Tenby station - geograph

The station is served by the

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to Pembroke Dock local trains, which run approximately every two hours each way with some additional peak services. Some early morning and late night trains run only as far as

Carmarthen Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ...

. There are two trains each way from

Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of Manchester city ...

. On summer Saturdays, there is one train each way between

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and . There is a Sunday service of five trains per day.GB eNRT 2019 Edition, Table 128

References

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