- Ludlow railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Ludlow
code = LUD
manager =Arriva Trains Wales
locale =Ludlow
borough =South Shropshire
usage0405 = 0.214
usage0506 = 0.224
usage0607 = 0.242
platforms = 2
start =Ludlow
railway station serves the town ofLudlow in SouthShropshire ,England , on theWelsh Marches Line from Manchester Piccadilly to Cardiff Central. Trains are operated byArriva Trains Wales .Trains travelling to or from the south of the station pass through the short Ludlow Tunnel.
The station is served by one to two trains per hour in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays, and eight to nine trains each way on Sundays. Connections are available at
Crewe andManchester for Scotland and the north of England, atShrewsbury forBirmingham and the Midlands, atNewport forLondon and the south of England, and at Cardiff Central for South Wales. There are also direct services to and from such towns and cities asSwansea ,Carmarthen ,Milford Haven , andHolyhead .The two-platform station is located within 0.5 km of the town centre, on Station Drive. Facilities include a staffed ticket office, light refreshments, car parking, weatherproof platform shelters, seating and an accessible adapted toilet. The station is served by a bus route.
There is level access to the ticket office and the northbound platform. On the southbound side, there is a ramp from Quarry Gardens to the platform.
External links
* [http://www.ludlow.org.uk/ Local information on Ludlow]
* [http://www.ludlow.org.uk/access/Access-A4.pdf Local council booklet with information about disabled access in Ludlow] (PDF link).###@@@KEYEND@@@###
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