Builth Road train station
You can reach 35 stations directly from Builth Road on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ammanford, with 10 trains a day.
Builth Road is the nearest station for postcodes in LD2, HR3. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Builth Road
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammanford | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Broome | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Bucknell | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Bynea | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Cilmeri | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Craven Arms | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Church Stretton | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Cynghordy | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Dolau | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Ffairfach | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Garth | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Hopton Heath | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Knighton | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Knucklas | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llangynllo | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llanelli | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llangadog | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llangennech | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llandybie | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llandeilo | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llangammarch | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llandrindod | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llanbister Road | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llandovery | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llanwrda | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Llanwrtyd | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Pen-y-bont | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Pontarddulais | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Pantyffynnon | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Shrewsbury | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Sugar Loaf | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Gowerton | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Swansea | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Carmarthen | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pembrey and Burry Port | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Builth Road
Builth Road is on the Heart of Wales Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Builth Road station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Builth Road station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Builth Road station is
5,582 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,435th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Builth Road and Shrewsbury than any other pair: 836 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
There is no Sunday service from Builth Road. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Cilmeri 1.8 miles
- Garth 5.0 miles
- Llandrindod 5.4 miles
- Llangammarch 6.6 miles
- Pen-y-bont 8.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Builth Road, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Builth Wells · 1.5 miles
- Llanfaredd Halt · 3.1 miles
- Newbridge on Wye · 3.2 miles
- Aberedw · 4.7 miles
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Facilities at Builth Road station
Builth Road is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 20 March 2026.
Getting to Builth Road station
Builth Road station is in Powys - Powys, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Post Office.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Builth Road station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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