Conwil railway station

Conwil Station

Conwil station in 1962
Location
Place Cynwyl Elfed
Area Carmarthen
Coordinates 51°54′45″N 4°20′53″W / 51.9124°N 4.3480°W / 51.9124; -4.3480Coordinates: 51°54′45″N 4°20′53″W / 51.9124°N 4.3480°W / 51.9124; -4.3480
Grid reference SN3859426371
Operations
Original company Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
Platforms 2
History
3 September 1860[1] Station opened
31 December 1860[1] Station closed
12 August 1861[1] Station re-opened
22 February 1965 Station closed to passengers
1973 Line closed
1978 Station purchased by the Gwili Railway
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Conwil was a railway station near the village of Cynwyl Elfed, West Wales, serving the hamlet and the rural locale.

History

The Teifi Valley Railway was originally operated by the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway between Carmarthen and Cynwyl Elfed. In 1864, the line was extended to Pencader and Llandysul. The line was purchased by the Great Western Railway (GWR).[2]

Although passenger services ceased in 1965, goods services continued until 1973 because of the milk train services to the Co-operative Group creamery at Newcastle Emlyn.[3] As of 2012 the station and platforms still survive.

The Gwili Railway or Rheilffordd Ager y Gwili

A group of railway enthusiasts bought eight miles of the old trackbed. In neighbouring Bronwydd, a 1 mile long section of the line was reopened in spring 1978 for tourists and named the Gwili Railway. The Gwili Railway aims to eventually restore the railway as far north as Llanpumsaint. Plans were underway in 2012 to extend the line southwards to the site of Abergwili Junction.[4] Seven derelict bridges crossing the Gwili lie between Conwyl itself and Llanpumpsaint; the cost of restoring them is a major factor delaying the reopening of the line up to Llanpumpsaint.[5])

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Brownydd Arms   Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway
Great Western Railway		   Llanpumpsaint
  Proposed Heritage railways
Danycoed Halt   Gwili Railway   Llanpumpsaint

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Butt 1995, p. 68.
  2. ↑ "Newcastle Emlyn railway station". isused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
  3. ↑ "Dairies in Ceredigion". Ceredigion.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  4. ↑ http://www.gwili-railway.co.uk/home.html Rheilffordd Gwili
  5. ↑ http://users.aol.com/WalesRails/gwil.htm Wales Rails: Gwili Railway
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