Train, Bus and Ferry Times in Pembrokeshire: Where to Check

Timetables here change with the season, and a printed time that's a year old is worse than no time at all — so this page does something more useful than copying one out. It tells you which live source to trust for each kind of journey, and explains how the network actually behaves, which is the part the timetables don't tell you.

Train times

Two lines reach the county, and one of them is a genuinely great holiday railway.

The Pembroke Dock branch is the useful one: it runs from Whitland along the south coast through Narberth, Kilgetty, Saundersfoot, Tenby, Penally, Manorbier, Lamphey and Pembroke to Pembroke Dock. Several of those stations sit within a few minutes' walk of the beach, which makes a car-free week in south Pembrokeshire genuinely workable — and turns linear coast walks into round trips.

The West Wales line serves Haverfordwest, Johnston and Milford Haven, with a branch to Fishguard Harbour timed largely around the Irish sailings.

Live departure boards (National Rail — real-time, including delays and cancellations):

• Tenby · Saundersfoot · Manorbier · Pembroke Dock
• Haverfordwest · Milford Haven · Fishguard & Goodwick

Two things the timetable won't warn you about. Several of the small stations are request stops — signal clearly to the driver from the platform, and tell the guard on board where you're getting off, or the train will sail past. And most are unstaffed, with no ticket office and sometimes no shelter worth the name: buy online or on board, and don't plan on a waiting room in February.

Where each station sits, and what's within walking distance of it, is in our stations and ferry ports listings.

Bus times

Wales does buses differently from England, and it matters when you go looking: Traveline Cymru is the authority for Welsh bus times and journey planning, not the England-only services you may be used to. Pembrokeshire County Council publishes the county's own timetables alongside it.

The services worth knowing are the seasonal coastal shuttles — the Coastal Cruiser, Puffin Shuttle, Strumble Shuttle, Celtic Coaster and the Poppit Rocket (now largely an on-demand Fflecsi service). They exist to solve the walker's problem: walk one way along the coast, ride back. Which bus unlocks which stretch of the Coast Path is set out in our coastal buses guide, and the wider car-free picture is in getting around without a car.

The honest warnings: these are seasonal, several don't run daily, and winter service is thin to non-existent. Check the current timetable on the day you're travelling, not the week before — and never plan the last leg of a walk around the last bus without a plan B.

Ferry times

To Ireland. Two routes cross to Rosslare: from Fishguard (Stena Line) and from Pembroke Dock (Irish Ferries). Sailings, fares and check-in times are the operators' own and change by season — take them from the operator's site, and see our ferries to Ireland guide for how the ports work, the train connection at Fishguard Harbour, and what to expect on a night crossing.

To Caldey Island. Boats run from Tenby harbour through the season, typically Easter to October and Monday to Saturday — the island is a working monastery and doesn't take visitors on Sundays. Crucially, departure point and times move with the tide: at low water the boats leave from the beach rather than the harbour steps. Check the day's tide times on our Tenby Harbour page and confirm with the operator on the morning — full detail in the Caldey Island guide.

To Skomer, Skokholm and Ramsey. Island landings are weather-dependent and cancel often; Skomer landing tickets sell out well in advance. The Skomer guide, Ramsey guide and puffin guide cover the booking realities honestly — including what to do when the boat is off.

Why we don't print the times themselves

Because they'd be wrong. Rural Welsh timetables get revised, seasonal services start and stop, and a page like this one gets read months after it's written. Every link above goes to the operator's own live or current source, which is the only version worth planning around. What we can add is the local knowledge that never expires — which stations are request stops, which buses only run in summer, which boat moves with the tide — and that's what's above.

Planning a car-free trip? Start with getting to Pembrokeshire, then getting around without a car, and pick a base on the train line — Tenby and Saundersfoot are the two that work best without a car at all.