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Johnston railway station is an unstaffed railway station with a small carpark and shelter for passengers at the village of Johnston in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It opened in 1856 as part of the final section of the South Wales Railway main line from to . It has gone by various names and is now operated by Arriva Trains Wales. Trains stop are made at the station by request only. The station served as the junction for trains to Neyland and also the branch line to Milford Haven. Johnston is the penultimate stop on the West Wales Line before . == History == The station was opened with the final section of the South Wales Railway main line, from to , on 15 April 1856. Originally named ''Johnston'', it has been renamed several times: to ''Milford Road'' in November 1859; to ''Johnston'' on 7 September 1863; to ''Johnston (Pembroke)'' on 18 June 1928; to ''Johnston (Dyfed)'' on 3 May 1976,〔 before finally resuming its original name. The station served as the junction for trains to Neyland and also the branch line to Milford Haven (the main line since the closure of the Neyland route in 1964). Milford passengers would here make a connection to services eastwards to Haverfordwest and beyond.〔Parker, Richard ''Neyland: A Great Western Outpost'', KRB Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-9542035-3-4〕 A station building was situated on the upside, and a waiting shelter on the downside. A pedestrian bridge connected the two platforms. A goods shed survived until the 1930s.〔 At a short distance north of the station, the line was connected to the railway line serving the anthracite trade at Hook. The route north of here was double track until the late 1980s, with the station signal box controlling access to the private sidings serving the oil refineries at Robeston & Waterston as well as the single line portion through to the terminus at . Both it and the neighbouring box at were closed in 1988 when the line was re-signalled & singled south of (the former southbound platform went out of use as a result, all trains henceforth using the northbound platform). High speed train services to/from London Paddington ran through Johnston to Milford Haven until the early 1990s, terminating in 1994.〔(''Intercity Magazine Network Map 1993'' ) Retrieved 5 December 2012〕 The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. Trains stop here by request only. The usual service pattern is one train every two hours in each direction, westwards to Milford Haven railway station and eastwards to Manchester Piccadilly railway station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johnston railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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