Whitland railway station serves the town of Whitland in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the main route of the West Wales Line from Swansea. To the west of the station, a branch line diverges to Pembroke with the main line continuing to Milford Haven and Fishguard. Formerly, the Whitland and Cardigan Railway (closed in 1962) diverged from the Fishguard/Milford Haven line two miles west of Whitland.
Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales, using a mixture of Diesel Multiple Unit classes (predominatly Class 175, Class 150 and Class 153) and First Great Western who run services using Inter City 125 trains on summer Saturdays from London to Pembroke Dock.
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