Sugar Loaf railway station

Sugar Loaf

Welsh: Dinas y Bwlch
National Rail
Sugar Loaf station in April 2017
General information
LocationSugar Loaf Mountain, Llandovery, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52°04′55″N 3°41′13″W / 52.082°N 3.687°W / 52.082; -3.687
Grid referenceSN844438
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeSUG
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
1868Opened
1965Closed
1984Reopened
6 July 2020Temporarily closed
21 August 2021Reopened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 708
2019/20Decrease 156
2020/21Decrease 0
2021/22Increase 76
2022/23Increase 398
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sugar Loaf railway station is a railway station in Powys,Wales, and is part of the Heart of Wales Line. It is the most geographically remote station in Wales. The station is located one mile (1.5 kilometres) northeast of a small but prominent knoll known as Sugar Loaf, around which the A483 road loops.[1]

The line through here was opened by the Central Wales Extension Railway in 1868. The passing loop and associated Sugar Loaf Summit signal box were removed and the station closed to passengers in 1965 but the station subsequently reopened to traffic in 1984.[2]

The station's name in Welsh is Dinas y Bwlch; however, in Welsh station announcements, the station is referred to as Pen-y-fâl, the name given to the mountain of the same name in Monmouthshire.

  1. ^ Sugar Loaf (Map). 1:25,000. OS Explorer. Cartography by Ordnance Survey. Streetmap.co.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference FRS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).