Llangennech railway station


Llangennech railway station serves the village of Llangennech near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Llangennech station is located at street level about half a mile away from the centre of the village. It is one of two stations located on the double track portion of the route that is shared with the Swansea District Line.
All trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has no permanent buildings other than basic shelters on each platform. Passengers wishing to travel must buy tickets on the train or in advance. Amenities are limited to the standard CIS display, customer help point and payphone. The platforms are linked by a barrow crossing, which is not recommended for use by disabled travellers without assistance.
In 2016, The Welsh Government funded the installation of reinforced glass fibre 'humps' on the platforms to improve access for wheelchair and pushchair users onto and off trains.

Services

All trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales. There are four trains a day in each direction through to Swansea and ) from Monday to Saturday, plus a fifth Monday to Friday a.m peak service from to and back to Swansea; two services each way call on Sundays. This is a request 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.