Ammanford railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}{{for|the former Great Western Railway station in the same town|Ammanford railway station (GWR)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Ammanford

| native_name = {{langx|cy|Rhydaman}}

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Ammanford railway station - geograph.org.uk - 4345208.jpg

| borough = Ammanford, Carmarthenshire

| country = Wales

| coordinates = {{coord|51.7951|-3.9959|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SN623126|25|SN623126}}

| manager = Transport for Wales

| platforms = 1

| code = AMF

| classification = DfT category F2

| original = Llanelly Railway

| pregroup = London and North Western Railway

| postgroup = London, Midland and Scottish Railway

| years = 6 May 1841

| events = Opened as Duffryn

| years1 = 1 July 1889

| events1 = Renamed Tirydail

| years2 = September 1960

| events2 = Renamed Ammanford and Tirydail

| years3 = 6 September 1965

| events3 = Renamed Ammanford and Tirydail Halt

| years4 = 5 May 1969

| events4 = Renamed Ammanford and Tirydail

| years5 = 7 May 1973

| events5 = Renamed Ammanford

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 18,016}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 556}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 7,348}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 11,010}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 16,062}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Ammanford railway station in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is {{convert|12|mi}} north of Swansea on the Heart of Wales Line. The station opened in 1841 as a temporary terminus of the Llanelly Railway's line to Llandeilo, making it one of the country's earlier railway stations.

Originally called Duffryn,[http://www.terrynorm.ic24.net/photo%20railways%20llandeilo.htm Railway Stations Pantyffynnon to Llandeilo on the Town of Ammanford website] and then Tirydail, the station underwent a number of name changes before being renamed Ammanford and Tirydail in 1960 following the closure in 1958 of Ammanford station on the Amman Valley branch railway. In 1973, it became Ammanford.

The station stands at street level about {{cvt|800|m|yd}} northwest of Ammanford town centre on Station Road. At some point between 1891 and 1906 the passenger platform was moved from the north to the south side of the level crossing.[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html Old Maps] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430134621/http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html |date=30 April 2012 }} As with most of the stations on the Heart of Wales Line, the original station buildings and signal box have been demolished and now the only structures are a platform and shelter.