Dovey Junction railway station

Dovey Junction

Welsh: Cyffordd Dyfi
National Rail
Platforms 1 & 2a with 2b in the distance (2024)
General information
LocationDerwenlas, Powys
Wales
Coordinates52°33′50″N 3°55′26″W / 52.564°N 3.924°W / 52.564; -3.924
Grid referenceSN697980
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDVY
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1863
Key dates
1 July 1904Renamed Dovey Junction
Passengers
2018/19Increase 4,622
 Interchange Increase 9,321
2019/20Decrease 4,292
 Interchange Decrease 8,097
2020/21Decrease 1,692
 Interchange Decrease 920
2021/22Increase 7,030
 Interchange Increase 2,575
2022/23Increase 9,190
 Interchange Increase 4,370
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dovey Junction (/ˈdʌv-/ DUH-vee-; 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 Transport for Wales. There is a single island platform.

The station is in Powys, about 440 yards (400 m) north-east of the junction of three counties: the current principal areas of Ceredigion, Powys and Gwynedd, corresponding to the traditional counties of Cardiganshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire.

The station is in the midst of the large Dyfi National Nature Reserve, near the Cardigan Bay coast. There is no settlement here but, contrary to common belief[citation needed], it is not completely isolated: a 0.6-mile (1 km) footpath provides passenger access to and from the hamlet of Glandyfi in Ceredigion, and to a main road (the A487).[1]

  1. ^ Geoff Marshall (3 May 2024). The Most Isolated Station in Wales - Dovey Junction. Wales: Geoff Marshall. Event occurs at 8:45. Retrieved 3 May 2024.