Network Rail has said the countdown to the first train stopping at Fishguard and Goodwick station in 50 years has started.
Improvement work to rebuild Fishguard and Goodwick station is ‘nearly complete’ and passengers will soon be able to enjoy seven trains a day from 14 May 2012.
The station will boast a brand new station building and a new car park that will also be equipped with disabled access. In addition, the platform has been resurfaced and 150 metres of track has been moved towards the station to allow passengers to hop on and off trains safely.
The success of this £450,000 scheme owes to a joint effort between Pembrokeshire County Council, Welsh Government, the South West Wales Integrated Transport Consortium (SWWITCH), Network Rail Wales and Arriva Trains Wales.
Councillor Jamie Adams, SWWITCH voting member and deputy leader of Pembrokeshire County Council said:
“Improvements to rail services west of Swansea were not only a priority for Pembrokeshire but for the South West region as a whole. The re-opening of the station is a positive step for the communities of Fishguard and Goodwick and indeed North Pembrokeshire and will help attract passengers onto the new enhanced rail services.”
First opened in 1899, the station was named Goodwick station and was only renamed Fishguard and Goodwick in 1904.
It was a terminus until an extension to Fishguard Harbour was built in 1906.
Good to see this station re-opened should make it easier when people visit the area