Dovey Junction railway station

Dovey Junction railway station
Dovey Junction National Rail
Welsh: Cyffordd Dyfi
Dovey Junction
Dovey Junction with Aberystwyth-bound train approaching
Location
Place Derwenlas
Local authority Powys
Operations
Station code DVY
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   1,093
2005/06 * decrease 1,062
2006/07 * increase 1,430
2007/08 * increase 1,978
2008/09 * decrease 1,494
2009/10 * increase 1,768
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dovey Junction from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Dovey Junction railway station (Welsh: Cyffordd Dyfi) is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in Wales. It is the junction where the line splits into the line to Aberystwyth and the Cambrian Coast Line to Pwllheli. Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales.

Allowing for the inclusion of outlying buildings and signals, it is routinely claimed that Dovey Junction lies at the intersection of three counties, these being the traditional Welsh counties of Meirionydd, Montgomery and Ceredigion.[1]

The station is in the midst of the large Dyfi National Nature Reserve, near to the Cardigan Bay coast. There is no settlement here but, contrary to common belief, it is not completely isolated: the three-quarter mile station path provides passenger access to and from the tiny village of Glandyfi.

The station has been rebuilt twice in recent years, the original Great Western Railway buildings first being replaced at some point in the 1970s by a flat roofed station building. This building was subsequently replaced in the 1990s by a simple bus shelter, having fallen into a state of disrepair and being far larger than required at this remote location.

The station platforms were raised in 2008 in conjunction with raising of the tracks, to reduce the likelihood of closure of this section of line due to flooding. The work is part of a major programme of work on the Cambrian Line, including ERTMS signalling to replace the existing RETB system and an extended (dynamic) passing loop at Welshpool to permit running an hourly service from Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth from 2011.

Dovey Junction is often quoted as a defining feature of the Great Western Railway in Wales, namely its inheritance of junctions in unlikely and inconvenient locations. Other examples are Moat Lane Junction, Talyllyn Junction, Afon Wen and Barmouth Junction (renamed Morfa Mawddach in 1960).

References

  1. ^ C P Gasquoine (1973). The Story of the Cambrian. Christopher Davies Ltd. 

External links

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
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Birmingham International-Aberystwyth
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Coordinates: 52°33′50″N 3°55′26″W / 52.564°N 3.924°W / 52.564; -3.924


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