Ferryside railway station
Ferryside railway station serves the seaside village of Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The station was opened by the South Wales Railway on 11 October 1852 and is now an unstaffed stop.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Ferryside Railway Station”, “Ferryside Station”, and “FYS”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Llansteffan Castle and St Ystyffan’s Church.
Llansteffan Castle
Photo: Emperorzurg123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llansteffan Castle is a privately owned castle in Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales, overlooking the River Tywi estuary in Carmarthen Bay. Llansteffan Castle is situated 1 mile west of Ferryside railway station.
St Ystyffan’s Church
Church
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Ystyffan’s Church is situated 1 mile west of Ferryside railway station.
The Castle Inn
Pub
Photo: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Castle Inn is a pub, which is situated 1 mile west of Ferryside railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ferryside and Llansteffan.
Ferryside
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ferryside is a village in the community of St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is 8.5 miles south of Carmarthen near the mouth of the River Tywi. Originally a ferry crossing, then becoming a fishing village, it has developed as a holiday and retirement area.
Llansteffan
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llansteffan, is a village and community situated on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tywi, 7 miles south of Carmarthen.
Llansaint
Hamlet
Photo: RexRowan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llansaint is a village of farmsteads and cottages in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It includes a cluster of 19th century stone-built houses around the church, and is surrounded by farmsteads and modern residential development. Llansaint is situated 2 miles southeast of Ferryside railway station.
Ferryside railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.76825° or 51° 46′ 6″ northLongitude
-4.3696° or 4° 22′ 11″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Operator
Transport for Wales RailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“FYS”Open location code
9C3QQJ9J+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 20925061OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Ferryside railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Ferryside”
- Dutch: “Station Ferryside”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة فيريسيد”
- French: “Ferryside”
- French: “gare de Ferryside”
- Welsh: “Glan-y-fferi”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Glan-y-fferi”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ferryside railway station”. Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.