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 Pontarddulais 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Pontarddulais had 3,180 entries and exits, making it the 2,441st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
2441/2575
It ranked 959th busiest (out of 997), with 62 scheduled services per week.
959/997
That's a daily average of 8.71 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 0.99 passengers per service, giving it the 1,578th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1578/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 2,046
Reduced price entries & exits: 1,114
Season ticket entries & exits: 20
Total entries & exits: 3,180
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +1,112 : 53.77%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Single138501
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
172Shrewsbury - Swansea (Heart of Wales Line)Oct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +1,503 (+89.62%)

Reasons for change:
2007-08 Ignore - Less than 15,000 E&X
2020-21 Impacted by disruption and closure on the Heart of Wales Line due to flooding caused by a storm and a freight train derailment which suspended services for 6 months

Location Details

Location: Pontarddulais
CRS: PTD / NLC: 4251 / TIPLOC(S): PNTADLS
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 258802 204025
Constituency: Gower
Local Authority: Swansea - Abertawe
NR Region: Wales
ELR: LLA 5m 26ch
This station is a request stop

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Pontarddulais during 2022/2023:
•Llanelli (274 journeys)
•Swansea (265 journeys)
•Shrewsbury (225 journeys)
•Llandeilo (117 journeys)
•Builth Road (80 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Pontarddulais's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Llangennech2.31
Pantyffynnon4.78