The Pembroke and Tenby Railway reached Pembroke Dock in 1864. J.P. Morris notes that celebrations included a procession, band, fireworks and a banquet in the Victoria Hotel.

 

This line later connected with the Carmarthen & Cardigan Railway, becoming part of Great Western Railways in 1896. At Pembroke Dock in the 1870s, tracks for goods traffic to the Dockyard and the New Pier were added (the Admiralty bought the Dockyard extension line in 1891). A turn table and engine shed were also built, and Pembroke Dock became an important point for passenger and goods traffic.

 

Cinema pioneer Wiliam Haggar used shots taken near Pembroke Dock station in one of the first Welsh silent films. The original building, dating from 1865, now houses the Station Inn.