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Haverfordwest Haverfordwest (, ; cy, Hwlffordd ) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 14,596 in 2011. It is also a community, being the second most populous community in the county, ...

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Haverfordwest railway station serves the town of

in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is west of Swansea on the Milford Haven branch of the West Wales line Whilst the station has two platforms (as the site of the only

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on this section), most trains use platform one as it is adjacent to the entrance and ticket office. The line through the station was double track until 1988 and the station had its own signal box, but this closed when the branch from was singled and re-signalled in September of that year; the entire route is now worked under track circuit block regulations from the box at the latter station.

Facilities

The station is staffed during the daytime (07:00 – 13:30, Mondays to Saturdays only) and has toilet facilities, a newspaper kiosk, ticket office and a station buffet on platform one. For times when the station building is closed, an automated ticket kiosk allows passengers to buy tickets with a debit or credit card, or to collect tickets from purchases made online. Train running information is provided by digital CIS displays, timetable posters and telephone. Step-free access is only possible to platform one, as the only route to platform two is via a stepped footbridge. A bus stop outside the station allows interchanges with services to St Davids,

Fishguard Fishguard ( cy, Abergwaun, meaning "Mouth of the River Gwaun") is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 3,419 in 2011; the community of Fishguard and Goodwick had a population of 5,407. Modern Fishguard consists of two p ...

and Cardigan, as well as a direct service to Aberystwyth. There is also a Taxi rank directly outside the station.

Services

The usual service pattern is one train every two hours in each direction: southwards to ; and east/northwards to Manchester Piccadilly via , and .

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services stopped at Haverfordwest until the early 1990s, terminating in 1994.''Intercity Magazine Network Map 1993''
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Awards

Haverfordwest railway station has received a number of awards, including Anglo-Irish Best Station Awards in 1991 and 1992. The station was refurbished in 2002 and officially re-opened on 25 April 2002.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haverfordwest Railway Station Railway stations in Pembrokeshire DfT Category D stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1854 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail

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