Bynea railway station

Bynea Welsh:Bynie
General information
Location	Bynea,Llanelli,Carmarthenshire Wales
Coordinates	51.672°N 4.099°W/51.672; -4.099
Grid reference	SS549991
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BYE
Classification	DfT categoryF2
History
Opened	1840
Passengers
2018/19	2,686
2019/20	2,336
2020/21	34
2021/22	820
2022/23	1,266
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Bynea railway station(Welsh:Bynie) serves the village ofByneanearLlanelli,Carmarthenshire,Wales.Bynea station is situated close to theMillennium Coastal Parkand 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 theSwansea District Line) before it joins theWest Wales Lineat Llandeilo Junction, to the east ofLlanelli.

All trains serving the station are operated byTransport for Wales.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no permanent buildings (apart from waiting shelters), like neighbouringLlangennech.CIS displays, a customer help point and timetable poster boards provide running information. No step-free access is available to either platform.

Services

There are four trains a day in each direction (towards Swansea andShrewsbury) from Monday to Saturday, plus an extra a.m peak service from Carmarthen toLlandoveryand back to Swansea on weekdays only; there are also two services each way on Sundays.This is arequest 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 byDB Cargoto theTrostre Steelworksin Llanelli fromMargampass Bynea.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Llanelli		Transport for Wales Heart of Wales Line		Llangennech

External links

Media related toBynea railway stationat Wikimedia Commons

• Train timesandstation informationfor Bynea railway station fromNational Rail