Residents of Bow Street and motorists travelling through the village will face up to six months of disruption from later this month as the next phase of work on the new station begins.

Work began on the new station, due to open to passengers later this year, in November with the installation of the platform already completed.

With work now focusing on moving tonnes of earth to develop the station car park and realigning the existing junction between the A487 and A4159, to better suit the new station approach – traffic management will be in place “from the end of March until late summer”, Transport for Wales has said.

TfW said that traffic control will be in place during “daytime hours only”, but is likely to result in delays for commuters and disruption for villagers.

Lowri Joyce, stakeholder manager for Transport for Wales, said: “We will endeavour to minimise the impact of these essential roadworks during this period, but please allow additional time when making car journeys along the trunk road.

“We apologise for any disturbance this work may cause and thank residents for their patience.”

The new £8m train station is being funded by the Welsh Government and Department for Transport. It will include a park-and-ride, cycle storage and multi-modal transport interchange.

Concerns have previously been raised about the entrance to the station being opposite a T-junction of the A4159 and A487 but TfW said that the realignment would make the junction safer.