Conwil railway station
Conwil Station | |
|---|---|
 Conwil station in 1962 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthen Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°54′45″N 4°20′53″W / 51.9124°N 4.3480°W |
| Grid reference | SN3859426371 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 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 |
Manchester and Milford Railway |
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Conwil was a railway station near the village of Cynwyl Elfed in Carmarthenshire, Wales, serving the hamlet and the rural locale. It was once a thriving railway station, transporting both passenger traffic and locally produced goods, including wool, livestock, milk and timber.[2]
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).[3]
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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6])
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownydd Arms | Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Great Western Railway |
Llanpumpsaint | ||
 Proposed Heritage railways
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| Danycoed Halt | Gwili Railway | Llanpumpsaint | ||
Notes
- ^ a b c Butt 1995, p. 68.
- ^ Misstear, Rachael (2 March 2015). "Fifty years on, the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line is remembered". WalesOnline. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Newcastle Emlyn railway station". isused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Dairies in Ceredigion". Ceredigion.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Home". Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2012. Rheilffordd Gwili
- ^ http://users.aol.com/WalesRails/gwil.htm Wales Rails: Gwili Railway
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Holden, John S. Holden (2007). The Manchester & Milford Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-658-2.