quayside and with no discernible pedestrian access. To rectify the issue, the short-lived Hakin Dock Station was constructed in 1898. The original station was modest, with four sidings and a single platform, plus additional run around facilities sandwiched between the hillside and Hubberston Pill. Initial services comprised a local service running back and forth between Milford and Johnston, where passengers could connect with Great Western services from New Milford. By 1871, services had grown to seven daily in each direction, many connecting with passenger services from New Milford at Johnston. The trains using the line were operated by Great Western Railway who had part funded the original railway. It initially rented use of the line, although in 1896 absorbed The Milford Railway Company. In the 1930s many improvements were made, including narrowing the course of the Pill, extra side loops and goods yards. By 1923 the Milford Station Master was re-graded as a special class post, supported by twelve booking clerks and up to ten porters. Up until 1947, three daily 'vacuum fish' express services transported fish from the Haven to various destinations in the UK, including London Paddington, Yeovil and the north of England. Fish vans were often attached to passenger trains. Goods traffic remained dominant over passenger traffic until the commercial decline of the docks in the late twentieth century. Into the twentieth century, direct services to London Paddington were in operation, and a sleeper service remained in place until the 1960s. The sidings were reduced substantially in 1968, although goods traffic continued until the 1980s. InterCity 125 services from London Paddington to Milford ran until the early 1990s, terminating in 1994. Sealink operated a service to Dún Laoghaire briefly between 1978 and 1979 from Milford. A scheme to expand the freight capability at Milford Haven is under development, based on a new import facility for biomass and wood pellets for the energy market in England and Wales. In September 2019, MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire Stephen Crabb called on politicians and Network Rail to upgrade Milford station, citing a lack of suitable facilities. Services The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Transport for Wales. The usual service pattern is one train every two hours to via , , , , , , and . Certain non-peak hour services terminate in Carmarthen. In 2008, the Wales Route Utilisation Strategy identified the requirement for an hourly frequency