Bronwydd Arms railway station

Bronwydd Arms railway station is currently the southern terminus of the Gwili Railway and formerly a stop on the now closed Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line.

The station opened on 3 September 1860 as part of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway and closed to passengers on 22 February 1965. Following closure, the station building and signal box were demolished, leaving behind only a bare platform.

In 1978, the Gwili Railway re-opened the station and gradually rebuilt the station building and signal box using redundant buildings recovered from the Heart of Wales Line. The Station Building is constructed from Llandovery signal box, while the signal box from Llandybie was also recovered and is now used as the 'new' Bronwydd Arms signal box. A third box from central Wales, Ffairfach is also in use as a museum.

Other smaller items have been incorporated to the rebuilt station, such as GWR lamp posts and benches, a parcels shed and a water tower, recovered from Barry Docks in 1979.

The station features a level crossing with wooden gates at the south end where the railway crosses the B4301 road. Passenger trains do not currently use the crossing but it will be brought into use when the railway's extension to Carmarthen is completed.

In 2010 the level crossing was being renewed to enable the original two-gate system to be re-instated in GWR style thus re-creating another feature of the original station. However the crossign and gates have now been completed, as af August 2011.

References

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.