Johnston railway station
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Johnston railway station serves the village of Johnston
in Pembrokeshire
, Wales
.
The station was opened with the final section of the South Wales Railway
main line, from to , on 15 April 1856. Originally named Johnston, it has been renamed several times: to Milford Road in November 1859; to Johnston on 7 September 1863; to Johnston (Pembroke) on 18 June 1928; to Johnston (Dyfed) on 3 May 1976, before finally resuming its original name.
It is an unstaffed station, and trains stop here by request only. The usual service pattern is one train every two hours in each direction, westwards to Milford Haven railway station
and eastwards to Manchester Piccadilly railway station.
Johnston is the penultimate stop on the West Wales Line
before .
Johnston, Pembrokeshire
Johnston is a community in the hundred of Roose, Pembrokeshire, Wales.It lies on the A4076 road approximately midway between Haverfordwest and the port of Milford Haven and is served by Johnston railway station. Until the end of the 19th century, anthracite was mined here...
in Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.
The station was opened with the final section of the South Wales Railway
South Wales Railway
The South Wales Railway was a broad gauge railway that linked the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway with Neyland in Wales.-History:The need for the railway was created by the need to ship coal from the South Wales Valleys to London, and secondly to complete Brunel's vision of linking London with...
main line, from to , on 15 April 1856. Originally named Johnston, it has been renamed several times: to Milford Road in November 1859; to Johnston on 7 September 1863; to Johnston (Pembroke) on 18 June 1928; to Johnston (Dyfed) on 3 May 1976, before finally resuming its original name.
It is an unstaffed station, and trains stop here by request only. The usual service pattern is one train every two hours in each direction, westwards to Milford Haven railway station
Milford Haven railway station
Milford Haven railway station serves the town of Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Opened on 7 September 1863, it was originally known as Milford, becoming Old Milford by January 1902, and finally being renamed Milford Haven by April 1910....
and eastwards to Manchester Piccadilly railway station.
Johnston is the penultimate stop on the West Wales Line
West Wales Line
The West Wales Lines are a group of railway lines from Swansea through Carmarthenshire to Pembrokeshire, West Wales...
before .