Trains to Swansea - Station Details and further Information on Swansea Train Services
Swansea train station is the train station serving Swansea, Wales. The station is one of four in the City and County of Swansea and is the fourth busiest in Wales after Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street and Newport.
To the east, trains operate along the South Wales Main Line. Swansea is the western terminus for First Great Western InterCity services to London Paddington that do not terminate at Cardiff Central, with the majority of local train services west of Swansea timed to connect with London services. Arriva Trains Wales provides the Swanline service to Cardiff Central and services to Manchester Piccadilly.
To the west, Arriva Trains Wales trains run along the West Wales Line to Carmarthen and then to Pembroke Dock, Milford Haven or Fishguard Harbour. Swansea is the eastern terminus for a few of the services from West Wales.
To the north, trains on the Heart of Wales Line between Shrewsbury and Llanelli are extended to Swansea.
The station is a terminus, at the end of a short branch off the South Wales Main Line and the West Wales Line, so that all through passenger trains must either reverse at Swansea or omit calling there. In practice, almost all passenger services do call there.
The station has four platforms. First Great Western trains from London almost always enter the station standard carriages first, usually at platform 2. The platforms are covered for only part of their length.
The manned ticket hall is at the southern end of the platforms. A rail travel office, café, newsagent and automatic ticket machines are in the hall. Automatic ticket barriers are used only when the station is staffed, for safety reasons and due to the inability to handle some ticket types. Until January 2004, the mail train to London was a regular service from the station.
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