Dovey Junction railway station

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Dovey Junction

Cyffordd Dyfi

Location

Place

near Derwenlas

Local authority

Powys

Operations

Station code

DVY

Managed by

Arriva Trains Wales

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

1,093

2005/06 *

1,062

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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.

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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.

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 are being raised in 2008 in conjunction with raising of the tracks, to reduce the closure of this section of line due to flooding. The work is part of a major programme of work on the Cambrian LIne, including new signalling and an extended passing loop at Welshpool to permit running an hourly service from Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth from 2009