Ammanford (GWR) railway station

Ammanford
Location
Place	Ammanford
Area	Carmarthenshire
Operations
Original company	Llanelly Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
History
10 April 1840	Station opened as Cross Inn
1 July 1883	Station renamed Ammanford
18 August 1958	Station closed
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This article is about the former GWR station in Ammanford. For the current station see Ammanford railway station.

Ammanford railway station was opened under the name Cross Inn by the Llanelly Railway in 1840 to serve the town of Ammanford, West Wales. It was renamed Ammanford in 1883. The station was the main one in the town until it closed in 1958, leaving the current Ammanford station (then known as Tirydail, later Ammanford & Tirydail) providing trains for the area.

History

Opened by the Llanelly Railway, then by the Great Western Railway, staying with that company during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

References

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.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
Station on navigable O.S. map. Station nearest coach station marked Bettws.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Pantyffynnon		Arriva Trains Wales Heart of Wales Line		Ammanford Colliery Halt

Coordinates: 51°47′28″N 3°59′10″W / 51.791054°N 3.986149°W / 51.791054; -3.986149