| 词条 | Sugar Loaf railway station |
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| symbol = rail | name = Sugar Loaf | other_name = {{lang-cy|Dinas y Bwlch}} | code = SUG | image_name = Sugar Loaf Halt railway station, Powys - geograph.org.uk - 4000275.jpg | caption = | manager = Transport for Wales | locale = Sugar Loaf Mountain, Llandovery | borough = Powys | coordinates = {{coord|52.082|-3.687|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | platforms = 1 | start =
This station is a request stop used mainly by trekkers and cyclists, since it is the nearest stop to the Sugar Loaf vantage point,[2][4] although it was originally built to serve a number of cottages occupied by railway workers (such as signalmen and track gangers).[3] The children of the workers travelled by train to school in Llanwrtyd Wells.[4] South of the station the line reaches the summit at {{convert |820|ft|m}} above sea level and then passes beneath the hills via the {{convert|1001|yd|m|adj=on}} Sugar Loaf tunnel, which is approached by gradients as steep as 1 in 60. It then descends steadily for the next {{convert|8+1/2|mi|km}} down to {{rws|Llandovery}}. The climb up to the summit here was a challenging one for train crews in steam days (especially northbound) and the use of banking locomotives was commonplace. The station has traditionally seen very few passengers - in 2010/2011 an estimated 84 passengers used the station and in 2014 it was reported that the station was averaging five passengers per month.[5] However, in 2017/2018 it increased its passenger usage by nearly 710% from the previous year, taking it to as many visitors in the year as the previous 17 years combined. Its low usage seems to have made it a popular attraction.[6] FacilitiesThe station has basic amenities only - a waiting shelter and timetable poster boards - although it has had a digital CIS display fitted. There is no step-free access available, due to the station entrance being some distance from the nearest road (the A483) along a narrow path and in a cutting.[7] ServicesAll trains serving the station are operated by Transport for Wales. There are four trains a day in each direction (towards Swansea and {{stnlnk|Shrewsbury}}) from Monday to Saturday, and two services on Sundays.[8] Being a request stop, passengers have to give a hand signal to the approaching train driver to board or notify the guard when they board that they wish to alight from the train there. References1. ^{{cite map |publisher=Streetmap.co.uk |title=Sugar Loaf |url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?x=284232&y=243420&z=115&sv=284232,243420&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=idld.srf&searchp=s.srf&dn=632&ax=283500&ay=242500&lm=0 |scale=1:25,000 |series=OS Explorer |cartography=Ordnance Survey |accessdate=19 September 2012}} 2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.heart-of-wales.co.uk/sugar_loaf/sugar_loaf.htm | title=Sugar Loaf | publisher=Heart of Wales Line | accessdate=19 September 2012}} 3. ^Heart of Wales Travel Guide Doughty, Audrey, Llandeilo Past & Present; Retrieved 6 July 2016 4. ^1 {{cite news|title=Sugar Loaf Halt is Wales' quietest station, Arriva says|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-40479824|accessdate=3 July 2017|agency=BBC|date=3 July 2017}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/journeysbyrail/10719364/Britains-forgotten-railway-stations.html|title=Britain's forgotten railway stations|work=Telegraph.co.uk|date=25 March 2014 |accessdate=21 December 2015}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46209535|last=Shuttleworth|first=Peter|date=11 December 2018|website=BBC Wales News|title=Why Wales' quietest station, Sugar Loaf, got busier}} 7. ^Sugar Loaf station facilitiesNational Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 28 January 2017 8. ^{{NRtimes|December 2018|129}} Further reading
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