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The station building at Pembroke Dock
General information
Location	Pembroke Dock,Pembrokeshire Wales
Coordinates	51°41′38″N4°56′17″W / 51.694°N 4.938°W /51.694; -4.938
Grid reference	SM970035
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	PMD
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	Pembroke and Tenby Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
8 August 1864 (1864-08-08)	Station opened
Passengers
2019/20	42,638
2020/21	5,688
2021/22	22,624
2022/23	32,956
2023/24	38,268
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Pembroke Dock railway station serves the town ofPembroke Dock inPembrokeshire,Wales. It is theterminus of the Pembroke Dock branch ofWest Wales Lines fromSwansea,27+1⁄4 miles (44 km) southwest ofWhitland.

It was opened on 8 August 1864 by thePembroke and Tenby Railway^[1] as an extension of their route fromPembroke to serve the Royal Navy dockyard in the town, though it was not until 1866 that the P&T route finally reached the main line at Whitland. When constructed, the line was notable having been built asstandard gauge, not the 7-footbroad gauge used by theGreat Western Railway at the time; and so it was isolated from theSouth Wales Railway main line until 1868, when dual gauge track was laid as far asCarmarthen to meet the standard gauge tracks of theLondon and North Western Railway. In 1872, the GWR converted all of its lines in the area to standard gauge.

Originally, the station had two platforms. Both remain but only the southern one is in use (the track serving the other has now been removed). Part of the main building has been converted intoThe Station Inn, a real alepub. Originally carrying munitions, the freight branch ran past the station across local streets down to the actual dockside until 1969. Subsequently, albeit partially, the track has been lifted. Coal trains to Pembroke Dock ran until the end oft 1978.^[2] The twice-weekly service had become uneconomic: in 1969, almost 800 wagons carrying over 10,000 tons of coal had been carried, compared with only 218 wagons with 3,500 tonnes of coal in the first nine months of 1978.^[2]

In 2020, the Grade IIlisted building^[3] was regenerated as part of the £24 million Wales Station Improvement Scheme. The work (by AmcoGiffen) included the replacement of discoloured glazing in the station canopies with wired multi-link polycarbonate sheeting which enabled the historic design and character of the station to be retained.^[4][5]

Transport for Wales Rail is the operator; the station is unstaffed; ticket machine is installed; CIS displays provide train running information in addition to the standard timetable poster boards and public telephone. The station canopies remain to provide a covered waiting area with bench seating. There are no waiting rooms. Level access is available from the car park and at the main entrance to the platform.^[6]

There is a regular daily service to/fromSwansea via Carmarthen andWhitland, with some through trains to/fromCardiff Central and further east (one service originating atManchester Piccadilly). Connections are available at Swansea for mainline destinations at other times. Trains run every two hours Mon-Sat,^[7] with a less frequent service on Sundays.

On summer Saturdays, the station is served byGreat Western Railway who provide two trains toLondon Paddington. One train arrives from London Paddington and one train starts in the morning atSwansea. The service is named as thePembroke Coast Express and until 2019, it was operated byInterCity 125 HST sets which have now been replaced by newClass 800 trains.^[8]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Pembroke		Transport for Wales West Wales line		Terminus
Pembroke		Great Western Railway London - Pembroke Summer Saturdays		Terminus
	Ferry services
Terminus		Irish Ferries Ferry		Rosslare Europort

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